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31 Cards in this Set
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Appeal |
A request made after a trial by a party that has lost on one or more issues that a higher court review the decision to determine if it was correct. |
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Asset Forfeiture |
The confiscation of assets by the government through either civil or criminal process. |
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Boot Camps |
A type of corrections sentence that consists of a short-term residential program that resembles military basic training. |
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Community Service |
Unpaid work intended to be of some social value. |
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Concurrent Sentence |
Prison terms for two or more offenses to be served at the same time, rather than one after the other. |
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Consecutive Sentence |
Prison terms for two or more offenses to be served one after the other. |
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Day Fine |
A system of assessing fine amounts based on the offender's income rather than a set amount. |
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Death Penalty |
A homicide sanctioned and ultimately committed by the state as a punishment for crime. |
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Determinate Sentencing |
A prison sentence of a fixed length that is not subject to reduction by a parole board or other body. |
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Electronic Monitoring |
The use of electronic equipment to monitor a person's movement to ensure compliance with court-ordered conditions, such as house arrest. |
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Fine |
Money paid to the government as punishment for a violation or crime. |
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Forfeiture |
Being forced by the government to give up something as a punishment for crime. |
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Good Time |
A specified amount of time taken off of a prisoner's sentence for not violating rules while incarcerated. |
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Home Confinement |
A special condition the court imposes that requires an individual to remain at home except for certain approved activities such as work and medical appointments. |
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House Arrest |
Another name for Home Confinement. |
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Indeterminate Sentencing |
A type of sentence where the length of imprisonment is determined by the inmate's conduct while in prison rather than being of a set length. |
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Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) |
An intermediate sanction intended to be an alternative to incarceration but that is more intense than standard probation. |
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Mandatory Sentences |
A type of sentencing environment where judicial discretion in sentence length is limited by statutory law. |
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Overturn |
The overruling or setting aside the decision of a lower court by a higher court. |
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Presentence Investigation Report |
A report summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. |
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Probation |
A criminal sanction where the court releases the person to the community and orders him or her to complete a period of supervision and to abide by certain conditions. |
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Proportionality Doctrine |
The legal doctrine that the punishment should fit the crime rather than being too lenient or too harsh. |
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Remand |
To send back. |
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Scarlet-Letter Punishments |
Punishments designed to work primarily through humiliation. |
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Sentencing |
The stage of the criminal justice process where the convicted person is brought before the court to have a punishment determined. |
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Sentencing Hearing |
In some jurisdictions, this hearing is separated from the finding of guilt. |
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Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 |
Created a new federal agency, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, to set sentencing guidelines for every federal offense. |
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Sentencing Statute |
Instruments through which legislative bodies determine the punishments that are associated with particular crimes. |
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U.S. Sentencing Commission |
The agency responsible for the establishment of sentencing policies and procedures for the federal court system. |
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Uphold |
The appellate court agrees with the lower court decision and allows it to stand. |
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Victim Impact Statement |
A statement made by the victim of a crime and given to the judge responsible for sentencing the perpetrator. |
