The Court Participants
The party who has brought charges against someone else in a civil case.
What is the plaintiff?
Deals with the emotional, psychological, and monetary issues that occur as a result of crime.
What is The Office for Victims of Crime?
Gives attorneys on both sides the opportunity to examine the cases brought by opposing counsel.
What is preliminary hearing?
What is dual court system?
Testimony given by witness and documents related to crime
What is evidence?
the person who sits in the most powerful chair and over sees the trial
What is judge
Rules that set a uniform policy for judges to follow when they sentence defendants convicted of felonies and serious misdemeanors.
What is Federal Sentencing Guidelines?
The right to representation by an attorney and the right to cross-examine witness.
What is defendant's rights?
Looks at ruling from lower federal courts and it is divided into 13 districts each called a circuit.
What is federal appellate court?
A protest from the prosecutor or defense attorney.
What is an objection?
an attorney that represents the defendant
What is defense attorney
The judge sentences the offender for a specific time period is an example of determinate or indeterminate sentencing?
What is determinate?
The first stage of the criminal trial.
What is Voir Dire?
What is state courts?
A group of people who are sworn to reach a verdict during a trial.
What is jury?
an attorney who represents the state
What is prosecutor
Medical expenses, lost wages, travel, parking, therapy can be covered by ______________ resulting from a crime.
What is restitution?
Is a procedural mechanism to seek to exclude certain evidence from being presented to the jury.
What is motion limine?
Insider threat, human trafficking, and the meaning of freedom of religion are examples of cases heard at this court.
What is federal courts?
Someone who has expressed knowledge of the crime or actually observed a crime.
What is a witness?
a group of people who decide to file charges on a defendant
What is grand jury
What are the five goals of criminal sentencing?
What is Retribution, Incapacitation, Deterrence, Rehabilitation, Restoration?
The period in which the jury discusses its potential verdict in seclusion.
What is jury deliberations?
This court has the final ruling.
What is Supreme Court?
Prohibits the cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the Eight Amendment?