the imposing of a punishment or penalty after conviction
What is sentencing?
100
this many states believe in the death penalty
How many is thirty-one states?
100
either in jail for up to a year or in prison for over a year
What is incarceration?
100
this may be their first offense, or they may have been convicted of multiple felonies previous to the crime being addressed at the time
What is criminal history?
100
one sentence right after another
What is a consecutive sentence?
200
death given as a punishment by a court of law for a very serious crime
What is the death penalty?
200
this many states require unanimous decision in order to enforce the death penalty
How many is twenty-eight states?
200
the penalty imposed upon a convicted person by a court requiring the payment of a specified sum of money
What are fines?
200
the crime may be a simple assault, or it could be a much more violent crime where many people died, or a white collar crime where nobody got physically hurt
What is the nature of the crime?
200
the execution of the sentence is postponed
What is a deferred sentence?
300
significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of a felony who have been previously convicted of two or more violent crimes or serious felonies, and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a life sentence
What is the three strikes law?
300
in the majority of states, this is what happens when you get a hung jury on a trial considering the death penalty
What is a life sentence?
300
unpaid work, intended to be of social use, that an offender is required to do instead of going to prison
What is community service?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! the term describing a situation in which a person was forced or coerced to commit the crime (get this right and you get double points)
What is committing a crime under duress?
300
the rendering of a punishment for which a judge has no discretion (cannot postpone, no probation allowed)
What is a mandatory sentence?
400
a judge's delaying of a defendant's serving of a sentence after they have been found guilty, in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation
What is suspended sentencing?
400
this many states let the judge decide in the event of a hung jury in a case considering the death penalty. (Double points if you can name them!)
How many is two states? (Indiana and Missouri)
400
the party is supervised and expected to follow certain rules and guidelines
What is probation and/ or parole?
400
the criminal may be poor, and may not have money to afford bail, they may have needed to commit the crime to survive, they may have a mental illness
What is the offender's standings?
400
served at the same time as another sentence
What is a concurrent sentence?
500
an attempt to restore a person to a previous financial condition that should have persisted save for the improper actions of another person or entity
What restitution payments?
500
these four states result in a retrial in the event of a hung jury in a case considering the death penalty
Where are Arizona, California, Kentucky, and Nevada?
500
the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines.
What is drug and alcohol rehabilitation?
500
the criminal may be sorry for what they have done, they may now begin to understand the impact they had on the victim and their family