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Assistant district attorneys spend most of their time not in the central office but in the
____.
Changes in sentencing structure since the 1960s have resulted in a major increase in the
number of persons in prison in the United States.
Much scholarly research has demonstrated that the effectiveness of law as a deterrent is
dependent on three primary factors: severity, certainty, and celerity.
Appellate courts primarily review the legal decisions made by _____ courts.
The U.S. Attorney General is a member of the president's cabinet.
Appeals courts hear evidence at trials.
What are legal ethics and why are they important to the legal system?
Summarize some of the basic rules of evidence.
One of the key components of court unification is diversified administration.
Prosecution in the United States is highly centralized.
The federal speedy-trial law is viewed as an important objective irrespective of whether
the defendant's interests are in jeopardy.
Identity the reasons that the American Judicator (n.d.) asserts that merit selection is the
best way of selecting judges.
The goal of _____ is to prevent the commission of future crimes.
The public often blames _____ for allowing guilty defendants to go free on
"technicalities".
A critical issue in judging the judges is how to devise a system for removing unfit
judges while at the same time guaranteeing judicial _____.
Federal judicial _____ are initially heard by judicial councils, which are the
administrative arm of each U.S. Court of Appeals.
Once entered, a guilty plea pursuant to a plea bargain can never be withdrawn.
