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Jury consultants use information they gather to design questionnaires to be administered
to the potential jurors in an actual case.
A criminal defendant who files a postconviction attack on the judgment will file a civil
action.
Many judges say that sentencing is the most difficult part of the job.
In the states, local district attorneys are totally separate from state attorneys general.
Although it has been used from time to time throughout history, imprisonment has
become the dominant form of punishment only in the past two centuries.
When legislators appoint , it is quite clear that former legislators are more likely to be
selected than in other systems.
If a prosecutor refuses to file charges in a case, there may be a review of this decision
by the judge on appeal.
Jerome Skolnick found that defendants obtained better outcomes when their defense
attorneys adopt a cooperative posture within the courtroom community.
The doctrine of parens ______________________ authorizes the state to act as a
parent.
Explain how the juvenile court differs from the adult court. Provide at least four
examples of how proceedings differ.
Brief, limited investigative detentions ('stop and frisk") are also known as __________
stops as a result of the landmark Supreme Court decision authorizing them.
Appellate courts review the evidence presented a trial and determine if the jury reached
a fair verdict.
Judges generally follow the sentencing recommendation provided in a probation
officer's presentence investigation report.
Prosecutions of adults are based on criminal law. By contrast, juvenile court
proceedings are based on _____________________ law.
The most controversial of the U.S. Supreme Court's criminal justice decisions have
concerned how the police gather evidence.
The law in action perspective regarding case attrition emphasizes a process.
Felony defendants enter a plea at the _________________ stage of the judicial process.
There are two U.S. Attorneys in each federal district.
Discovery is limited in criminal cases since the prosecution bears the burden of
persuasion to prove a defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and the defendant is
protected against being forced to incriminate himself/herself.
The idea of _____________________ assumes that criminal behavior is the result of
social or psychological disorders, and that the treatment of such disorders should be the
primary goal of corrections.
