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DSST Criminal Justice

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A period of incarceration that is fixed by a sentencing authority and cannot be reduced by judges or other corrections officials.






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






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






4. Probation






5. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process






6. Jury trial in civil cases






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






8. John Augustus






9. Nominated by the President






10. 2008 - court held that the death penalty is not appropriate for a crime that does not include the taking of a life






11. 1 - Costs tax players less - 2 - Restitution can be made - 3 - Community work






12. 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 -






13. The unlawful use of force or violence by an individual or a group that is based and operatues entirely within the U.S. and its territories - acts without foreign direction and directs its activites agaits elements of the us government or population






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime that may be considered to reduce the blameworthiness of the defendant






20. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases






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






22. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






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






24. 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






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






27. Review court






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 2005 - illegal to execute minors






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






34. 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






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






36. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






37. 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






38. (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






39. The lawyer representing the defendant






40. 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






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






42. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






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






44. Grand Jury






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






49. Prohibits peremptory challenges based on race






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