CASES
These people testify against the accused in exchange for a lesser charge or less prison time
What is jailhouse informant?
The exchange of witness lists, documents, expert reports, etc., before a trial
What is discovery?
The criminal justice system comes into play when this occurs
What is when a crime occurs?
Self defense & legal insanity
What are defenses to a crime?
A type of jury that does not decide guilt just whether the defendant should stand trial
What is a grand jury?
If the prosecutor in the a criminal case withheld evidence from defense counsel that may show that the accused was not guilty ....it is referred to as
What is prosecutorial misconduct?
During this step, the Judge decides if there is enough evidence to try the defendant
What is Preliminary Hearing?
The jury must return this verdict for the defendant to be found guilty
What is Unanimous?
This happens at the end of the trial after both sides finish calling witnesses and the lawyers tell the jury what they heard during the trial and request a verdict from the jury that is favorable to their side
What is closing statement?
The process where jurors discuss the case in private and vote on guilt or non-guilt
What is jury deliberation?
To poke holes in the witnesses story or to make the testimony of the witness seem confused or untruthful
What is the goal of cross examination?
Tyler was arrested for killing his parents. In this first court appearance the court formally read the charges against him, set bail and asked him for his plea of guilty or not guilty to the charge of first degree murder
What is this arraignment?
We learned from the Innocence Project, that this can happen when one or some of the following occurs during police interrogation: the suspect is stressed out, tired, intoxicated or doesn’t understand their rights or feels intimidated
What is a false confession?
Lorena Bobbitt and Andrea Yates were successful using this defense at trial, while Hemy Neuman and John Wayne Gacy tried to use this defense and were unsuccessful.
What is insanity defense?
This is where each side of the case …the story of the case is presented by the lawyers to the jury
What is the opening statement?
According to our review of the Ronald Cotton Case and the advocacy of Ronald and his one time accuser Jennifer Thompson, this is a leading cause of wrongful convictions
What is eyewitness misidentification?
If the grand jury returns an indictment against Gypsy Rose Blanchard the next step is for the case to go to trial or for this to resolve the case
What is a plea bargain?
Law enforcement can do this to make confessions made during police interrogations more effective and to help prevent false confessions
What is recording them?
This sign outside someone’s home probably means that the residents have guns in the home for their protection
What is “we don’t call 911?
During this step in a trial the lawyer asks questions and allows their witness to tell the jury details
What is direct examination?
Bill was charged with murder in the first degree in the death of Jimmy Willis the clerk at the Sac-of-Suds. This person(s) decide what crime or degree of crime an accused is charged with
Who is the police and/or prosecutor?
Bill Gambini was charged with 1st degree murder in New Jersey. This will happen before the case goes to trial to provide another look at the facts as presented by the prosecutor. This hearing is before a jury but the jury is not supposed to determine innocence or guilt.....just make a decision about whether the accused should be tried
What is a Grand Jury?
When choosing the final jurors who will be on a case during jury selection, this side would probably like to have a juror who has a family member who is in law enforcement?
What is the prosecution?
States that have either of these funny named laws give homeowners more protection against criminal charges when they shoot an intruder
What are Make My Day Laws and/or the Castle Doctrine?
The attorneys on each side must share with the other side this amount of evidence to be presented at trial so that there are no surprises
What is everything?