Law
Who is responsible for filing criminal charges ,then pressing charges, and presenting the states case against the defendant to a judge?
What is a prosector?
Those who hear evidence to deciede whether or not charges should be brought against the subject.
What is a grand jury?
What is jail.
Prison is a for those already sentenced, and sentences over a year are.
The first case has jurys, the second does not.
What is adult trial and juvenile adjudication?
Type of deterrence that targets a specific type of crime.
What is the specific detterence?
general=dettering any time of crime
The process of questioning potential jurors.
What is voir dire?
Only court with appellate and original jurisdiction
What is the Supreme Court?
Formal hearing for the defendant to hear charges and make plea.
What is arraignment?
Retribution, Rehabilitation, Reintegration.
What is goals of corrections?
Giving back what you took from community
Making them a better person after committing crime
Trying to get ready to go back into the community. Coined re-entry.
Law that protects citizens from not be tried twice for the same crime twice in the same juridiction.
What is double jeopardy?
Biased jurors outcome may be...
What is being struck as a juror off the jury by the legal teams?
Original jurisdiction is
What is court jurisidction based on where the defendant first commits the crime.
Compared to appellate juridiction if case goes to appeals court. This court has no orginal juridiction.
This may be an issue because of lighting, peoples brains in heighted situations, and wanting to know who committed a crime.
What is eye witness testimony?
What is three strikes laws?
Issues: overcrowding, nonviolent cases going to jail,little evidence of detterence.
No person shall be compelled in any criminal case against themselves or through testimony.Staying silent...
What is Pleading the Fifth?
Sequestering happens when...
What is there is a lot of media attention on the case?
This is because jurors need to not take anything in about the case other than what is brought up in court.
Young people determine outcome and punishment of case in low level cases.
What is a teen court?
These give youth ability to determine punishment over guilt. They are usually first time offenders.
A sentencing system that forces offenders to serve the majority of their sentence imposed by the judge.
What is truth in sentencing?
The process by which a determination about incarceration and types of programs that will be available.
What is classification?
What is necessity as a legal defense?
Issues with jury selection.
What is biases v reality when picking an impartial jury, premporty strikes causing issues, and diversity?
Types of deprivation
What is deprevation of autonomy (control of life), good and services (loss of),liberty (voting),relationships (no contact), time.
You must be this to stand trial.
What is competent?
You MUST be this. Able to understand the nature of criminal proceedings and assist the consul rationally. People may be tested.
Stand your ground and castle doctrine serve to...
What is be legal defenses about self-defense?
Castle doctrine: you shot at a police officer as they serve a no-knock warrant.