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| What are the 3 Components of the Criminal Justice System? |
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| Police, Courts and Corrections |
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| Why do the 3 components have conflicts and tensions between them? |
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| The work of each other is evaluated by others. |
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| Prosecutor (Criminal Case) |
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| Person trying to put the defendant behind bars and negotiate plea bargains |
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| Person who represents the defendant |
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| person who allegedly committed a crime |
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| person of which crime was committed to |
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| Steps of the Criminal Judicial Process |
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| (1)Arrest (2)Initial Hearing (3)Bail (4)Preliminary Hearing (5)Arraignment (6)Discovery, Pretrial Motions and Plea Negotiations (7)Trial (8)Sentencing (9)Appeal |
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| Laws enacted by legislative bodies, written in constitutions and laws created from court decisions |
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| The way law is enacted by civil authority an courts |
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| Crime Control's Main Focus? |
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| If the evidence is there, lock em' up. fast and efficient |
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| Due Process's Main Focus? |
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| Precedent (Stare Decisis) |
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| (let the decision stand) Decisions that are made in cases that serve as guidelines for judges in other other similar cases |
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| Common Law and its key characteristics |
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Law Common to the entire Land
1) Judge Made Law
2) Precedent
3) found in Multiple Sources |
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