criminal court
noun
: a court that has jurisdiction to try and punish offenders against criminal law
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The prosecutor and other families whose relatives were killed in car crashes had warned her that a forgiving sentence is the standard criminal court outcome for fatal collisions in California.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
He was elected to become the Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court in November, vowing to fix the system that failed him.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
After the hearing, John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, the union that represents Chicago police officers, harshly criticized the SAFE-T Act and the county’s criminal courts judges who repeatedly released Talley from custody in his prior crimes of violence.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona.
—Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
He was elected to become the Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court in November, vowing to fix the system that failed him.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
After the hearing, John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, the union that represents Chicago police officers, harshly criticized the SAFE-T Act and the county’s criminal courts judges who repeatedly released Talley from custody in his prior crimes of violence.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona.
—Jamey Keaten, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Criminal court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20court. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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