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DSST Criminal Justice

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state






2. Made victim impact statements legal






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






4. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior






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






6. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






7. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime






8. Prisoners challenged the constitutionality of state regulations covering censorship of prisoner mail on the grounds that they violated the prisoners free-speech rights. REstrictions on speech must be justified as the necessity for security and the ru






9. 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.






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






11. Underlying conditions--> international encironment --> state--> organizations --> leadership






12. Grand Jury






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






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






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






16. Jury trial in civil cases






17. It is the receiving point for CA department of corrections






18. 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.






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






20. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race






21. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






22. Full time- salaried






23. 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.






24. Review court






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






26. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






27. Least used






28. John Augustus






29. 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






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






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






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






33. (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






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






35. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






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






37. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






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






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






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






41. Less courts - less judges - prompt and final disposition of most cases - reduces time/cost in jail - reduces time spent free on bail- dangerous - serious offenders move more quickly into rehab - counseling - etc. - assures that the guilty will not be






42. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work






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






44. Pretrial phase of a law suit where each party can obtain any evidence from the opposing side

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






46. Mitigating - Lessens criminal responsibility and lightens sentence. Aggravating - factors that makes harsher sentence






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






48. 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






49. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life






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