Ideal Characteristics
Amendments
Penal Sanction
Standards of Proof
Vocab
100
Applied to all persons regardless of social status
What is Regularity?
100
The taking of persons or property into custody
What is a seizure?
100
Prevent undesired conduct
What is Punishment?
100
Gut feeling
What is Mere Suspicion?
100
A violation of the civil law
What is Tort?
200
Violations of rules made by the state
What is Politicality?
200
You can't be tried twice for the same offense
What is double jeopardy?
200
Offender pays the victim
What is Restitution?
200
Articulate reasons for suspicion
What is Reasonable Suspicion?
200
A written order from a court directing law enforcement officers to conduct a search or to arrest a person
What is a Warrant?
300
Should provide strict definitions of specific acts
What is Specificity?
300
The right to a speedy trial
What is the 6th amendment?
300
State pays the victim
What is Compensation?
300
Evidence that outweighs the opposing evidence
What is Preponderance of Evidence?
300
The place of a trial, must be geographically correct
What is Venue?
400
Enforced against all violators regardless of social status
What is Uniformity?
400
Protection against cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment?
400
Control future conduct
What is Regulation?
400
Claim of insanity, civil cases
What is Clear and Convincing Evidence?
400
Being a witness against oneself if enforced it is a violation of the 5th amendment
What is Self-Incrimination?
500
Subject to punishment or threat of punishment
What is Penal Sanction?
500
Protection against compelled self-incrimination
What is the 5th amendment?
500
Change offender's behavior/personality
What is Rehabilitation?
500
Criminal Conviction
What is Beyond a reasonable doubt?
500
The principle of using precedents to guide future decisions in court cases; Latin for, "to stand by decided cases"
What is Stare Decisis?
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