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DSST Criminal Justice

Subjects : dsst, law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Process of negotiating an agreement w/ defendant - protectors - and the court






2. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases






3. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior






4. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race






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






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






7. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






8. A goal of criminal sentencing that attempts to make the victim whole again. a court requirement that an accused or convicted offender pay money or provide services to the victim of the cimre or provie services to the community






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






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






11. Procedural safeguards are necessary in revocation hearing involving parolees






12. Things that add on to sentencing






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






14. Grand Jury






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






16. Geographic area of the court






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






18. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






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






21. The lawyer representing the defendant






22. 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






23. Inmates have to be given a reasonable opportunity to pursue their religious faiths - also visits can be banned is such visits constitute threats to society






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. Review court






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






32. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life






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






34. Rules: no attorneys - maximum loss money 7 -500






35. Least used






36. (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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. John Augustus






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






44. 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.






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






46. Made victim impact statements legal






47. 2005 - illegal to execute minors






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






49. U.S Districts Courts - U.S. Court of Appeal - U.S. Supreme Court






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