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DSST Criminal Justice

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1. Decides guilt or innocence






2. Requires interpretation of a judge or jury to reach conclusion based on what evidence indicates






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






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






5. A principle developed by the courts and applied to the corrections arena by pell v. procunier that attempts to weigh the rights of an individual as guaranteed by the Constituion - against the authority of states of make laws or to otherwise restrict






6. Full time- salaried






7. Trial Court - superior court - pellet superior court - supreme court






8. Probation






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






10. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






11. Pretrial proceedings at which the prosecutor must prove that a crime was committed and establish the probable guilt of the defendant.






12. 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.






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






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






15. The right to challenge a potential juror without discling the reason for the challenge. Used to eliminate juries individuals who although they express no bias are thought to be capable of swaying the jury in an undesirable way






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






17. Excusing a juror from a trial for a stated - specific reason - such as the juror knows the parties or witnesses in a case. Each side has an unlimited number of challenges for cause.






18. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






19. A pre-sentence report is a legal term referring to the investigation into the history of person convicted of a crime before sentencing. Probation officer makes it.






20. Criminals recieve lighter/easier punishments- nota true sentence- endangers the correct legal outcome. It's coercion- bluffing- violation of human rights- prosecutors bluff and defendants plead to things they didn't do out of fear






21. A model of criminal punishment that encourages the rehabilitiation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences






22. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






23. Signifies the belief that the potential jurors are not representative of the community






24. 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 -






25. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them






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






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






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






29. Presumption of innocence- cannot be convicted unless the evidence is proved without a reasonable doubt






30. 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






31. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Physical material or traces of physical activity






41. Nominated by the President






42. Jury selection process of questioning prospective jurors - to ascertain their qualifications and determine any basis for challenge.






43. Evidence that consists of physical material or traces of physical activity






44. Geographic area of the court






45. Least used






46. 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






47. Holding Cells-Convenience-Many law enforcement agencies - County Jail-Holds all level of offenders-sheriffs department Juvenile Hall-criminals under 18-probation department






48. 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.






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






50. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state