Assertion: district court | /r/HasAspect | jurisdiction
Facets:
value: in criminal cases
type: LOCATION
value: in the united states
type: LOCATION
value: over all admiralty and maritime actions
type: OTHER
value: over involve
type: OTHER
value: over diversity
type: OTHER
value: over cases
type: OTHER
value: over federal questions
type: OTHER
value: over trials
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Federal district courts have jurisdiction over federal questions (trials and cases interpreting federal law, or which involve federal statutes or crimes) and diversity (cases otherwise subject to jurisdiction in a state trial court but which are between litigants of different states and/or countries).
text: In the United States, the federal district courts have jurisdiction over all admiralty and maritime actions; see 28 USC § 1333.
text: In criminal cases, district courts have jurisdiction over all crimes except treason, murder and rape, and can impose a sentence of no more than three years imprisonment and a fine of no more than R120,000.