Pre-trial
Extraordinary probation requirements and quid pro quo services are two of five different examples of this kind of plea bargaining.
What is ad hoc plea bargaining?
For evidence to be admissible in court, it must have these two qualities.
What is relevant and competent?
According to classical crim theorists, in order for laws and punishment to deter potential offenders they should be: _________, ___________, and ___________
What are severe, certain, and swift (celerity)?
These case processing attributes have been linked to sentencing severity.
Type of disposition (plea v. trial), whether the defendant is detained pretrial. There are also some differences related to public/private attorneys, but this is likely overlapping with detainment/pleas.
This state banned plea bargaining.
What is Alaska?
The estimated percentage of cases that are wrongful convictions.
What is 3.3 percent?
This punishment justification views it as a means to repair the harm and injury caused by the crime
What is restorative justice?
This decision resulted in a moratorium (a pause) on the death penalty in the 70s.
Under this charging policy, prosecutors file charges in any situation where the legal elements of a crime are present
What is legal sufficiency?
When evidence is weak, this hypothesis refers to situations where jurors tend to allow personal biases and other irrelevant considerations to cloud their judgment/
What is the liberation hypothesis?
The utilitarian punishment justification that states the punishment should be sufficient to outweigh the benefits of the crime.
What is deterrence?
Compelled by a US Supreme Court decision, this state developed the Public Safety Realignment policy, which transferred some prisoners to county-level control and allowed the release of certain non-violent offenders.
What is California?
Two pretrial motions related to evidence.
What are motion for discovery, motion for suppression.
Under this system, convicted persons can earn "good time credits" to reduce the length of their sentence.
What are determinant sentencing systems?
Three strikes laws are an example of this type of sentencing scheme.
What are mandatory sentencing schemes?
This type of evidence requires juries to make inferences about what it means as it relates to the facts of a case.
What is circumstantial evidence?
The court case that established the right for the defense to receive exculpatory evidence during discovery.
What is Brady v. Maryland (1970)?
Two key amendments intended to protect defendants during a trial as it relates to testimonial evidence.
What are the 5th and 6th amendments?
Three revisions to death penalty laws that brought them into alignment with the constitution (according to the Supreme court).
What are bifurcated trials, guided discretion, and automatic appeals processes?
A student’s friend is arrested, convicted, and sentenced for shoplifting. Later, that student, although tempted, decides not to shoplift, remembering what happened to his friend. This is a classic example of -
What is general deterrence?