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The results of the most recent and methodologically sophisticated studies provide
evidence that the contemporary sentencing process is not racially neutral.
In the bifurcated process used in death penalty cases, during the first phase of the trial
the jury considers only guilt or innocence.
The Uniform Crime Report's Type I offenses are also referred to as _____ crimes.
Punitive damages in a tort case represent the actual losses suffered by the plaintiff and
are frequently awarded by juries.
In the juvenile court, the _____ is roughly the equivalent to a preliminary hearing in an
adult proceeding.
Both the adult criminal justice system and the juvenile justice system provide
defendants a right to a trial by jury.
When a jury imposes a sentence of death, the case must be appealed regardless of the
defendant's wishes.
When citizens are selected to be in a jury pool, they will be notified via a(n) _____, a
document that commands these selected citizens to appear at the courthouse for jury
duty.
Homicides are usually committed by someone the victim knows by sight; in fact, the
victim and the perpetrator are strangers in less than 15 percent of all murders.
Corrupt local officials are often prosecuted by their peers.
Juvenile courts are based on _____ law.
A state attorney general typically exercises great authority over local criminal
proceedings.
Gideon v. Wainwright established a right to counsel for indigent _____defendants.
The Senate _____ Committee holds a hearing on Presidential judicial nominees before
the full Senate votes to confirm the nomination.
Less serious juvenile cases are petitioned and handled formally.
Captured terrorists have recently been declared enemy_____ instead of prisoners of
war.
Before a suspect in police custody is interrogated, the suspect must be informed of
his/her rights under the Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination Clause.
