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Court of record |
A word for word transcript is made of the proceedings of the court and the ruling of the judge |
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Trial de novo |
The court of general jurisdiction conduct a new trial to determine the guilt of the defendant not just a review of disputed judicial errors |
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General trial court |
Handle all kinds of criminal cases from traffic violations to murder also called circuit courts Superior Court District Court Court of Common Pleas in court of first instance |
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Appellate courts |
Review cases for judicial error and other significant issues concerning due process of civil rights and federal and state constitutional questions |
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Courts of last resort |
Also known as Supreme Court Court of Appeals and High Court Looks for error in a case Final authority in the state |
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How did the prison reform movement start in America |
A group of Quakers called the Philadelphia society got a law passed calling for the renovation of the Walnut Street jail in Philadelphia all the men women and children were separated in the cells |
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Eastern State Penitentiary |
Individual cell for each prisoner required to become proficient at a school that would support them after they released us rosewood working or leatherworking expected to read the Bible the only literature allowed in ourselves Captain isolation patty silent system Max security |
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The Auburn system |
My other constructing new prisons maximum security no window or exercise area cells are stacked on top of each other was called an inside cell block had a congregate work system speaking to each other was prohibited corporal punishment for breaking rules lockstep formation used a solitary confinement with only a Bible many committed suicide and they abandoned the practice distinctive striped clothing |
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Convict lease system |
Prisoners work on farms private contractor assumes all responsibility for care and support of inmate and pay the state fee for the inmates labor prisoners were no better off than slaves and discipline was brutal shackle together what was known as the chain gang death rate was high |
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Prison farm system |
Replace the prisoner lease system the state used inmate labor to maintain large prison farm complexes changing consciousness eventually ended for profit prisons |
