Topic 3: trials
Topic 4: sentencing
Court excursion
Famous criminal cases
100
A group of ordinary citizens selected to hear evidence in a criminal trial and decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty
What is a jury?
100
True or false? A defendant’s criminal history can be shown to the court when sentencing a defendant.
What is true?
100
The TWO courts we observed
What is magistrates court & supreme court
100
This American President has been found guilty of falsifying business records and the only US President to ever face criminal charges.
Who is Donald Trump?
200
The standard of proof in a criminal trial
What is beyond reasonable doubt?
200
A sentence requiring an offender to complete unpaid work for the benefit of the community.
What is a community service order?
200
The TWO charges of the woman you was sentenced in the Magistrate’s court
What are wilful damage and failure to appear
200
This bushranger led a gang responsible for robberies and killings in colonial Australia before being captured in 1880 after a shootout with police wearing iconic metal armour
Who is Ned Kelly?
300
A preliminary court proceeding where a magistrate decides whether there is enough evidence for a serious criminal case to go to trial in a higher court.
What is a committal hearing?
300
A previous court decision that influences how a judge determines the appropriate sentence in a current criminal case.
What is precedent?
300
The type of sentence received by the man who plead guilty to assaulting his step-niece.
What is a fine?
300
This former NFL star was acquitted in a highly publicised 1995 murder trial. The defence lawyer used the famous line, “if the glove does not fit, you must acquit”
Who is OJ Simpson?
400
Evidence based on what someone else said rather than what a witness directly saw or experienced, which is usually inadmissible in court.
What is hearsay?
400
The supervised release of a prisoner after serving part of their sentence in custody. They are usually subject to conditions, such as living at a specified address and reporting to police.
What is parole?
400
One mitigating circumstance presented by the solicitor representing the man who plead guilty to assault
What is character reference OR he was remorseful/sorry OR he has taken steps to address anger issues (seeing a psych)
400
This woman was wrongfully convicted of murdering her baby. While camping near Uluru. She claimed “a dingo ate my baby”
Who is Lindy Chamberlain?
500
Evidence that is allowed to be presented in court because it meets legal rules and can be considered by the judge or jury.
What is admissible?
500
A prison sentence that is not immediately enforced, allowing the offender to remain in the community unless they commit another offence
What is a suspended sentence?
500
The style of architecture of the Townsville court building
What is brutalist architecture?
500
The identity of the “Golden State serial killer” was famously revealed 4 decades after his crimes thanks to this forensic breakthrough
What are advancements in DNA genealogy testing?