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The ____ Amendment requires a speedy trial for those accused of a criminal act.
6th
Legislative time limits that require prosecutors to charge a defendant with a crime within a certain amount of time.
Statutes of Limitations
Jury trials are mandatory in all cases except?
Misdemeanor
The most common number of jurors used for felony cases are?
12
If the jury cannot reach a unanimous agreement on whether to acquit or convict the defendant, the result is?
Hung Jury
An example of an Indeterminate Sentence would be?
1-3, 25- life
Assumes that an individual, after being punished once for an act, will be less likely to repeat that act in the future.
Specific Detterence
A strategy for preventing crime by detaining wrongdoers in prison, making them incapable of committing new crimes
Incapacitation
An example of a Determinate Sentence would be?
Life, 10 years
By punishing one person, others will be discouraged from committing a similar crime.
General Deterrence
The Amendment states that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against themselves.
5th
This courtroom worker decides on the sentence the convicted person gets.
Judge
___________ includes any physical items such as the murder weapon or a bloodstained piece of clothing.
Real Evidence
___________ includes any physical items such as the murder weapon or a bloodstained piece of clothing.
Real Evidence
A person who is called to testify of factual matters that would be understood by the average citizen, is referred to as?
Lay Witness
Outlawed death penalty for those under the age of 18.
Roper v Simmons
___________ or indirect evidence does not establish the fact in question but only the degree of likelihood of the fact.
Circumstancial Evidence
Evidence that tends to prove or disprove the question at hand.
Relevant Evidence
Circumstances that make the commission of a crime more understandable
Mitigating Circumstances
Require judges to determine sentences based on factors such as the seriousness of the crime and offender’s prior record
Sentencing Guidelines
In their ________, the attorneys summarize their presentations and argue one final time for their respective cases.
Closing Arguments
In their ________, the attorneys summarize their presentations and argue one final time for their respective cases.
Charge
Retribution relies on the principle of ___, which holds that the severity of the punishment must fit the crime
Just Deserts
An ______ is the process of seeking a higher court’s review of a lower court’s decision.
Appeal
Corpus Delicti is Latin for?
Body of the Crime
Also known as habitual offender laws
Three Strikes Laws
Capital Punishment is legal in ____ states, the federal government, and the military.
27
In this case, the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional as it was being applied (1972)
Furman v Georgia
In a ________, attorneys must provide the court with legally justifiable reason for why potential jurors are unfit to serve.
Challenge For a Cause
_______ is considered both general and specific deterrance
Capital Punishment
In a(n) _____ attorneys give a brief version of the facts and supporting evidence they will present during trial.
Opening Statement
_________ is anything that is used to prove the existence or nonexistence of fact.
Evidence
A type of questionaire, during a _____ jurors are required to provide the court with a significant amount of personal information.
Voir Dire
Require that people convicted of serious violent felonies serve at least 85% of their original sentence.
Truth in Sentencing Laws
These challenges are based solely on an attorney’s subjective reasoning.
Premptory Challenges
Another term for Determinate Sentence is?
Fixed Sentencing
Witnesses are sometimes granted _______ before testifying, meaning that information they disclose cant be used against them.
Immunity
________ occurs when people commit similar crimes but recieve different sentences
Sentencing Disparity
Can be defined as any testimony given about a statement made by someone else. For the most part, it is inadmissible in court.
Hearsay
Supreme Court outlawed the execution of mentally ill people.
Atkins v Virginia
__________ is evidence that has been witnessed by the person giving testimony.
Direct Evidence
List te four basic philisophical reasons for sentencing
Retribution, Rehabiliation, Incapaciation, Deterrence
In extreme cases a judge will order that the jury be _______, or isolated from the public during the trial and deliberation.
Sequestered
The ______ is based on the actual behavior of the defendant, regardless of the official conviction.
Real Offense
Type of defense in which there is evidence the accused was elsewhere or with other people at the time of the crime.
Alibi Defense