In Canada we don't have misdemeanor crimes. We do have federal laws and by-laws which are enforced by the municipal, and local police.The Royal Canadian Mountain Police deal with crimes at the federal level, where there is no local police force. However they're no separate types of crimes like what the American juridical system has.
A video I discovered showed a man landed in federal prison for making duplicate System Restore discs of Windows for use on old PC'S. The keys were OEM licenses, so they were not pirated copies. Microsoft wanted the word 'FELONY' to be ascribed to man's name. All of this while Bill Gates makes vaccines to help people all around the world.....
If you look at the video below, you'll ask yourself, who buys Windows these days.. But when you're selling computers, you have to put something on them. System restore discs are free, but Microsoft doesn't think you can make copies of them.
To ask yourself exactly what is a felony, think of something serious. Crimes like murder, robbery, fraud can all be felonies. Things like Drinking Under Influence, Public Intoxication can all be considered Misdemeanor charges. If you're convicted of a federal crime, you get sent to federal prison. If you're convicted of state laws, you go to state prison. Federal prison is usually for white collar crimes. State prisons have more violent criminals.
So, what about charges brought up by fictional movies like in Ghostbusters. Four men trying to save the day using Nuclear weapons in their backpack arsenal... The EPA in the first movie wanted to shutdown the containment unit. In the second, the mayor's assistant threw them into the crazy house.
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| Charged with trying to save America from ghosts |
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