Talk:Infraction

not right
Notwithstanding the vfd and transwiki listed below, this article is wrong, or rather jurisdictionally biased. It appears that in the main authror's jurisdiction, infraction is a specfic type of crime, but that is not true elsewhere. Furthermore, infraction in the US is used extensively by many jursidictions in a very different sense than this article shows. Changes are coming, so page watchers, watch out. Manney 13:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Huh? What is the other sense that it's used in? Are the "many jurisdictions" you refer to outside of the US and the Commonwealth? Thesmothete 15:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC) -- also see this talk page for some further discussion Thesmothete 15:51, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That discussion covers all of my concerns...I don't know that I have much to add. Where I practice "infraction" is simply synonymous with "violation," and has no connection to jail time or municiple codes or administrative regulations. Manney 21:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

The U.S. section definitely needs some cleaning up. Are there any jurisdictions where a civil infraction is considered criminal? My jurisdiction's highest court has said that they emphatically are not. I don't know how appropriate a fifty-state-survey would be for a Wikipedia article, but I'd be interested to get input from practitioners in states other than MI, IL, or MA. 24.61.232.253 (talk) 11:32, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

This 'infraction' definition is overwriting the definition of 'Infringement', while the link to 'infraction' is treated as blank. While it plays nicely into the idea of an anti-gun conspiracy screwing with the definition of 'infringement', I'd appreciate it someone would fix this thing. - Mike Lorrey

edited to fix inaccuracy
The article previously said all infractions require only proof by a preponderance of the evidence as opposed to beyond a reasonable doubt. This is not accurate as some jurisdictions do in fact require proof beyond a reasonable doubt. See: Florida statute 318.14(6) "Noncriminal traffic infractions; exception; procedures.--" Part six states: "(6)  The commission of a charged infraction at a hearing under this chapter must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt."--ChiefinspectorClousea (talk) 16:11, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Survived VfD
See Votes for deletion/Infraction. Mikkalai 23:16, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

School Infractions
School infractions are a different sort of infraction from the sort of legal infraction the rest of the article is about. I don't think that school infractions ought to be discussed in this article. Do others agree or disagree? Thesmothete 12:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)