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 14 Exam Questions Answered Correctly (Graded A+)
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America\\\'s Courts And The Criminal Justice System
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 14 Exam Questions Answered Correctly (Graded A+)
6th amendment - Answers right to a speedy and public trial, by jury in criminal prosecutions
7th amendment - Answers right to trial by jury in civil suits under common law
verdicts in federa...
America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System Chapter 14 Exam Questions Answered Correctly
(Graded A+)
6th amendment - Answers right to a speedy and public trial, by jury in criminal prosecutions
7th amendment - Answers right to trial by jury in civil suits under common law
verdicts in federal criminal trials must be - Answers unanimous
verdicts in state trials - Answers -guilty by votes of 9 to 3 and 10 to 2
-does not have to be unanimous
qualifications for serving on a jury - Answers -over 18
-citizen
-understand the language
lawyers choose jury based on - Answers challenges
challenge - Answers request to remove a person from jury service
challenge for cause - Answers -excusing a potential juror bc of specific reasons (bias or prejudgement)
-juror said something in court that indicates they wont follow the law
-can only be granted by judge
principal challenges - Answers striking juror bc they have relationship to someone in the case
fact-partial challenges - Answers striking juror bc theyre biased on the matter in the case
peremptory challenge - Answers -lawyers remove juror bc they don't like them or think they wont favor
their case
-dont need reason as long as it's not racial
-other side can raise a motion and then they need to explain themselves
Batson v Kentucky - Answers cannot exclude juror due to race and may have to explain reasons for
removal
JEB v Alabama - Answers cannot exclude juror because of their gender
opening statements - Answers -lawyers preview of what they think the case is about
-not the law or legal evidence
burden of proof - Answers requirement to introduce evidence to prove an alleged fact
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