Test 2 Flashcards

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Prison

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Incarceration for a time period longer than a year

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2
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Jail

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Incarceration a year or less

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3
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Security level

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Minimum, low, medium, high, administrative

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4
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First warden of infirmary

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Zebulon

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5
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Dedicated units

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Not allowed to hold people of the same ethnicity, etc, in one unit

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6
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Due process rights

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No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

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7
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6 amendment

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Right to a fair and speedy trial

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8
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Solitary confinement

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Prisoner isolated from everyone

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9
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Private prisons

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Facility that incarcerates offenders for a profit

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10
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Ghost inmates

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Nonexistent inmate charged to the gov by private prisons

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11
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Father of Probation

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John Augustus

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Probation

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Not incarcerated, lives in community, must prove they can live by the law and constrictions of the judge

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13
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Parole

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Being released temporarily

Probation is a sentence, parole is a function

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14
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House Arrest

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Inmates have to wear ankle bands to track movements

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15
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Work release

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Allows prisoner who is trusted to go outside and work then return to prison when shift is done

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16
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Community houses

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Halfway house
Group of them live together
(Essentially supervised house arrest)

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17
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Boot camps

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Ineffective way of reformation

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18
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The black codes

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Criminalized petty behaviors

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19
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When is the plea entered

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During the arraignment

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20
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Motion in limine

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Request to evaluate admissibility of evidence

21
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Motion to suppress

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Request to disallow illegally obtained evidence

22
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Motion for change of venu

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Attempt to change venu for various reasons

23
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Does everyone have the right to bail or bond

24
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Who determines the evidence

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The grand jury

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How many cases do capital cases have
2, one for guilt, other for sentencing
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Hearsay rule
Rule prohibiting hearsay from being admitted as evidence
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Who has the power in the courtroom
Prosecutor
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Motion for discovery
Mandate for prosecution to provide defense with evidence
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Motion for recusal
Request for removal of a trial judge or prosecutor
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Motion for expenses of experts
Request for the state to pay for expenses related to expert testimony
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Trial management order
Schedule created by court and participants that designates what will happen when the parties work towards the trial date
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Venire
List of potential jurors
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Voir dire
Questioning jurors under oath to discover inappropriate jurors
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Is alternative dispute resolution a problem solving court
No
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Judge qualification
Law degree
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How many justices in Supreme Court
9
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En banc
(On the bench) procedure where all judges from a particular court hear a case
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Judicial review
Process under which a governments legislative, executive, or administrative actions are subject to review by the judiciary
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Determinate sentence
Jail or prison sentence that has a definite length and cannot be changed
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Indeterminate sentence
Sentence that consists of a range of years and not a fixed time
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Principles of sentencing
Proportionality, equity, and social debt
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Sex offender registration
Sex offenders have to register
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Mandatory minimum
Requires judges to administer prison terms of a certain length for people convicted of certain federal and state crimes
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Plea bargaining
Officer offers lesser sentence in exchange for confession
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Net widening
Probationers are now incarcerated
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Death penalty
Sentenced to death , public support is super low
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Restorative Justice
Does not focus on punishment, but restoring good
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Victims rights
Sets the rights that a person has as a crime victim
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Recidivism
Reoffending