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DSST Criminal Justice

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1. (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with






2. Retain 1st amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner- have rights - much the same as people who are not incarcerated. Conditional rather than absolute rights. The balancing test.






3. A fedral law enacted in response to terrorist attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon on September 11 -2001. The law officially titled the Uniting and Strengthening America by providing Appropriate Tools Required to intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act -






4. Full time- salaried






5. Group of jurors who were selected to tell if there's enough evidence or not






6. Held that juveniles accused of crimes in a delinquency proceeding must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults - such as the right to timely notification of the cahrges - the right to confront witnesses - the right against self-incr






7. Not qualified - convicted felon - under indictment - can't read or write - bias - served ongrand jury - insane - etc. May arise during voir dire exmination






8. Charges - Rights - Attorney - Plea Bail/No Bail






9. An officer appointed by the judges of the court to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court - maintain court records - handle financial matters - and provide other administrative support to the court.






10. A written statement of the essential facts making up the offense charged






11. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.






12. 2005 - illegal to execute minors






13. In pre-trial in which each party can obtain evidence from opposing party






14. Plea bargaining is an essential component of the new admistration of justice and must be highly encouraged






15. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court






16. John Augustus






17. The lawyer representing the defendant






18. A legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment






19. Crime - Investigation - arrest - file criminal complaint - first arraignment - preliminary hearing - second arraignment - trial - sentencing - appeal






20. The in court use of victim or survivor supplied information supplied by sentencing authorities seeking to make an informed sentencing decision.






21. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime






22. Decides guilt or innocence






23. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






24. Held that when a juvenile is charged with an act taht would be a crime if committed by an adult - every element of the offense must be proved beyond reasonable doubt






25. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






26. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that make it more grave than average instance of that crime






27. Investigation into the history of the person convicted of a crime to see if tehere are an extenuating circumstances which would ameliorate or increase sentence






28. Most widely used goal is to individualize punishment - inmates eligible for parole after serving minimum






29. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice






30. A prisoner has no reasoable expectations of privacy in his prison cell and no protections against what would otherwise be unreasonable searches 4th amendment






31. The act of a person repeating of an undesirable behavior after thay have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior.






32. A writ whcih requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. This ensure that a prisoner can be released form unlawful detention.






33. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






34. Parole is earned - probation is part of a sentence






35. Opening statements --> Prosecution always starts- statement --> Defense statement --> Prosecutors evidence (burden of proof lies on prosecution) --> defense evidence --> rebuttal (prosecution)






36. Run by the Federal government. Charged with protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against terrorist attack.






37. State legislature can establish almost any sentence as a punishment for a crime






38. A legal term for judges delaying of the sentence after they have been found guilty - in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation






39. Court holds that bail must be reasonable but set at level to insure defendant's appearance at trial






40. I do not wish to contend- has the same effect as a guilty plea-becomes a plea bargain






41. Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that may justify a lighter sentence.






42. Green- low Blue-guarded yellow-elevated orange- high red- severe






43. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on gender






44. A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she becomes delinquent - is abandoned or is need of care taht the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide






45. Consecutive - one after the other and Concurrent is at same time






46. Officers of the probation office of a court. Probation officer duties include conducting presentence investigations - preparing presentence reports on convicted defendants - and supervising released defendants.






47. Evidence that if believed proves a fact- eyewitnesses - videtapes - ec.






48. Probation is a sentencing usually given instead of jail but not always - parole is a conditional release from prison






49. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury






50. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race







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