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10 Cards in this Set
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Procedural Law( Adjective or Remedial)
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Governs the ways in which the substantive laws are to be administered. Concerned with the rights of people suspected of or charged with crimes.
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Substantive Law
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The body of law that defines criminal offenses and their penalties. Govern what people legally may and may not do.
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Felony
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serious crimes
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Probable Cause
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Standard of proof that requires trustworthy evidence sufficient to make a reasonable person believe that, more likely than not, the proposed action is justified.
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Arraignment
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To hear the formal information or indictment and to allow the defendant to enter a plea.
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Grand Jury
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A group of citizens who meet in closed sessions for a specified period to investifate charges coming from preliminary hearings and to fulfill other responsibilities.
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Plea Bargaining
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The practice whereby the prosecutor, the defense attorney, the defendant, and, in many jurisdictions, the judge agree on a specific sentence to be imposed if the accused plead guilty to an agreed-upon charge or charges instead of going to trial.
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Mere Suspicion
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Equivalent to a "gut feelings."
* Law enforcement officers cannot legally even stop a suspect. |
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Crime Control Model aka. (Assembly-Line Justice)
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Reflects traditional conservative values; main focus is to move cases through the process as quickly as possible and bring them to a close.
**presumption of guily** key operation |
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Due Process Model aka. (Obstable-Course Justice)
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Embodies traditional liberal values; Rejects the informal process of using factual guilt; Goal is to PROTECT the innocent as it is to convict the guilty; based on the doctrine of legal guilt(means that someone one have factual and legal guilt.)
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