America\\\'s Courts And The Criminal Justice System
America\\\'s Courts and the Criminal Justice System
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America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 8 Test Questions with Verified Answers Latest Update 2024 (Rated A+)
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America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 8 Test Questions with Verified Answers Latest Update 2024 (Rated A+)
Judge - Answers has most responsibility for ensuring that the system operates fairly and impartially
Powers of the Judge - Answers •Set bail and revoke it
•Determine ...
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 8 Test Questions with Verified Answers
Latest Update 2024 (Rated A+)
Judge - Answers has most responsibility for ensuring that the system operates fairly and impartially
Powers of the Judge - Answers •Set bail and revoke it
•Determine whether sufficient probable cause exists to hold defendants
•Rule on pretrial motions to exclude evidence
•Accept pleas of guilty
•If a trial takes place they preside
•After conviction they set punishment
•Conduct hearings
•Impose sentences
•Or work in their office (chambers)
Judge shopping - Answers strategic use of motions for continuances and motions for a change of judge,
defense attorneys maneuver to have their cases heard by the judge they think is the most favorable
Deputy attorney general - Answers ______ of the U.S. department of justice searches for qualified
lawyers
American Bar Association (ABA): - Answers •largest voluntary organization of lawyers in the united
states
•Plays no role in screening nominees
•Historically played an influential role through its Standing Community on Federal Judiciary
•Investigated potential nominees -> then ranks them
•Deputy attorney general seeks recommendations from
they belong to the presidents party and have been active in politics - Answers selection process
produces federal judges with two things
Gubernatorial appointment - Answers method of judicial selection in which the governor appoints a
person to a judicial vacancy without election
Partisan elections - Answers the nominee's political party is listed on the ballot
Nonpartisan elections - Answers •no party affiliations are listed on the ballot
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