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DSST Criminal Justice

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






2. Probation






3. 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.






4. A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime






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






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






7. 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






8. 1974 - sanctions cannot be levied against inmates without appropriate due process






9. Amnesty - Bail - good behavior






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






11. 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






12. 2005 - illegal to execute minors






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






14. Physical material or traces of physical activity






15. 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.






16. Nominated by the President






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. 2003 - illegal to execute mentally retarded






29. 1976 - Bifurcated trials - the guilt and innocent phase is separate from the punishment






30. Review court






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






32. 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 -






33. A court that hears a case the first time it is tried in court. A trial court is a court of original jurisdiction.






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






35. 1963 - extended the right to appointed counsel for indigents in all felony cases






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






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






38. Geographic area of the court






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






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






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






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






43. Decides guilt or innocence






44. Retribution - Restoration - deterrence - incapacitation - Rehabilitation






45. 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






46. Level 1 - 2 - and 3






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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