For a secret agreement between two or more parties to limit open competition, see 

Collusion.
For other uses, see Conspiracy (disambiguation).

Illustration of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, a secret plan devised in 1605 to blow up the Parliament
of the United Kingdom.

A conspiracy, also known as a plot, is a secret plan or agreement between persons

(called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful purpose, such as murder or treason,
especially with political motivation, [1] while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from
other people affected by it. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of people united in the
goal of usurping, altering or overthrowing an established political power. Depending on the
circumstances, a conspiracy may also be a crime, or a civil wrong.[2] The term generally implies
wrongdoing or illegality on the part of the conspirators, as people would not need to conspire to
engage in activities that were lawful and ethical, or to which no one would object.
There are some coordinated activities that people engage in with secrecy that are not generally
thought of as conspiracies. For example, intelligence agencies such as the American CIA and the
British MI6 necessarily make plans in secret to spy on suspected enemies of their respective
countries, but this kind of activity is generally not considered to be a conspiracy so long as their goal
is to fulfill their official functions, and not something like improperly enriching themselves. [3] Similarly,
the coaches of competing sports teams routinely meet behind closed doors to plan game strategies
and specific plays designed to defeat their opponents, but this activity is not considered a conspiracy
because this is considered a legitimate part of the sport. Furthermore, a conspiracy must be
engaged in knowingly. The continuation of social traditions that work to the advantage of certain
groups and to the disadvantage of certain other groups, though possibly unethical, is not a
conspiracy if participants in the practice are not carrying it forward for the purpose of perpetuating
this advantage.[3]
On the other hand, if the intent of carrying out a conspiracy exists, then there is a conspiracy even if
the details are never agreed to aloud by the participants. [3] CIA covert operations, for instance, are by
their very nature hard to prove definitively but research into the agency's work, as well as revelations
by former CIA employees, has suggested several cases where the agency tried to influence events.
[4]
 Between 1947 and 1989, the United States tried to change other nations' governments 72 times.
During the Cold War, 26 of the U.S.' covert operations successfully brought a U.S.-backed
government to power; the remaining 40 failed.[5]
A "conspiracy theory" is a belief that a conspiracy has actually been decisive in producing a political
event of which the theorists strongly disapprove. [6] Political scientist Michael Barkun has described
conspiracy theories as relying on the view that the universe is governed by design, and embody
three principles: nothing happens by accident, nothing is as it seems, and everything is connected.
[7]
 Another common feature is that conspiracy theories evolve to incorporate whatever evidence
exists against them, so that they become, as Barkun writes, a closed system that is unfalsifiable, and
therefore "a matter of faith rather than proof." [8][9][10]
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In this section, you will learn mostly about how the criminal process works in the federal system.
Each state has its own court system and set of rules for handling criminal cases. Here are a few
examples of differences between the state and federal criminal processes:

 Titles of people involved – State cases are brought by prosecutors or district attorneys;
federal cases are brought by United States Attorneys. State court trial judges have a range of
titles, but federal judges are called district court judges.
 Federal magistrate judges are used in federal cases to hear initial matters (such as pre-trial
motions), but they do not usually decide cases.
 The use of grand juries to charge defendants is not required by all states, but it is a
requirement in federal felony cases unless the defendant waives the grand jury indictment.
 States and the federal government have laws making certain acts illegal, and each jurisdiction
is responsible for setting punishments for committing those crimes. A state may punish a
certain crime more harshly than the federal government (or vice versa), but a defendant can
be charged and convicted under both systems.

The federal rules for criminal cases can be found in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which
govern all aspects of criminal trials. Each state has its own similar rules.

The steps you will find here are not exhaustive. Some cases will be much simpler, and others will
include many more steps. Please be sure to consult an attorney to better understand how (or if) the
information presented here applies to your case.

Important steps in the federal criminal process:

1. Investigation
2. Charging
3. Initial Hearing/Arraignment
4. Discovery
5. Plea Bargaining
6. Preliminary Hearing
7. Pre-Trial Motions
8. Trial
9. Post-Trial Motions
10. Sentencing
11. Appeal