Definitions
Sentencing Type
Punishment Type
Death Penealty
100
individuals who commit crimes their entire lives are considered ____________
Career criminals
100
A __________ sentence describes the least amount of time that a person convicted must spend in prison.
Minimum
100
The maximum penalty one can receive is ______
Death/ Capital punishment
100
This method is used as the primary form of execution
Lethal injection
200
In California when the prosecutor has the discretion to file an offense as a misdemeanor or felony it is considered a ________
Wobbler
200
The vast majority of criminal cases never go to trial due to __________.
Plea Barganing
200
This form of punishment uses electronic monitoring & GPS technology to assure criminals do not leave their premesis.
House arrest/ Ankle monitor
200
This state has the most death row inmates
California (746)
300
This 2014 proposition reformed the 3 stikes law
Prop. 47
300
A fixed sentence with no maximum or minimum associated with it a _______ sentence.
Straight or Flat
300
In criminal cases, one of the penalties imposed is requiring return of stolen goods to the victim for harm caused. This is called _______
Restitution
300
This non-profit organization exonerated 329 wrongfully convicted individuals, including 18 that were on death row.
Innocence project
400
This term defines the requirement in which offenders must serve at least 85% of their prison sentence
Truth in Sentencing
400
A _________ sentence is served at the same time as another sentence that was imposed earlier or at the same time.
Concurrent
400
This is the conditional release of a prisoner before the sentence has expired.
Parole
400
This state recently brought back the firing squad & has used this method as recent as 2010
Utah
500
Factors that have no effect on the offense itself, such as race, class, or gender are known as ________ factors.
Extralegal
500
___________ sentencing declares that the sentencing period be "no more than" or "no less than" a certain amount of time.
Intermediate
500
In the federal criminal justice system courts follow the _________________ guidelines.
United States sentencing guidelines (USSG)
500
Name one of the last 5 individuals to be executed in California
1. Robert Lee Massey (2001) 2. Stephen Wayne Anderson (2002) 3. Donald Beardsley (2005) 4. Stanley “Tookie” Williams (2005) 5. Clerance Allen (2006)
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