Get In the Cruiser! (Arrest/Booking)
During this stage of the Criminal Justice process, an officer typically handcuffs you and transports you to a police station.
What is arrest?
In order to be released from jail before their trial, a defendant must pay this.
What is bail?
The plea bargaining system is controversial because if you accept a plea bargain deal, you don't get a __________.
What is the 6th Amendment Right to a Trial?
This is the top court in all the land!
What is the Supreme Court?
The 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th ______________ limit the powers of the police and law enforcement.
What are Amendments?
During this stage of the Criminal Justice process, police record your personal information, fingerprint you, and take a mugshot of you.
What is booking?
During an arraignment, a defendant will enter in a plea of ________ or _____________.
What is guilty or not guilty?
In a plea bargain, the defendant usually gets _____________ in exchange for pleading guilty.
What is a less serious sentence?
This type of person presides over a court.
What is a judge?
The murder of this man by a police officer in 2020 led to national protests against police brutality.
Who is George Floyd?
Before an interrogation, police must read you this.
What are Miranda Rights / 5th Amendment Rights?
The Courts keep the entire bail amount if a defendant fails to do this.
What is show up at their trial / show up at all their court dates?
This is a general strategy that defense attorneys will use to get more leverage in a plea bargain negotiation.
What is ask for delays OR threaten to take the case to trial?
This type of lawyer represents a suspect in court.
What is a defense attorney?
According to this Theory of Crime, people commit crimes because the benefits of the crime outweigh the potential risks.
What is the Classical Theory of Crime?
Police need this in order to legally arrest someone.
What is probable cause?
This type of business is part of a $2 billion dollar industry. These businesses profit by making loans to defendants who can't afford bail.
What is a bail bond company/business?
To have more leverage in plea bargaining negotiations, prosecutors will make more _____________ against a defendant.
What are charges?
This type of lawyer makes charges against suspected criminals and represents the government in court.
What is a prosecutor?
This English philosopher trusted people, and believed that the gov't should focus on protecting people's rights and liberty at all costs.
You might say he was opposed to locking people up.
Who is John Locke?
In the famous case of _________________, police arrested a Florida woman after getting probable cause: Video footage of her trying to hire a hitman to murder her husband!
Who is Dalia Dippolito?
The two main factors considered during a bail hearing are _____________ and _____________.
The severity of the crime and if the defendant is a flight risk/danger to society.
One of these you will NOT find at a plea bargaining session: Defendant, Defense Attorney, Jury, Judge, Prosecutor.
What is a jury?
Uh Oh! You got the Tough Stuff: This type of specialized lower court in Massachusetts handles divorce and child support cases.
What is Massachusetts Probate and Family Court?
This English philosopher distrusted people and felt that a strong, strict gov't was needed to control people and prevent crime.
You might say his hobby was being tough on crime.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?