Exam 7: Courts and the Quest for Justice

In the courtroom work group,who is responsible for maintaining security and order in the judge's chambers and in the courtroom?

Of the courtroom work group,who relies on the police to arrest suspects and gather sufficient evidence,and police rely upon them to convict those who have been apprehended?

Each courtroom has a ________________,or calendar of cases.

Explain how a case is brought before the Supreme Court.

The __________________is responsible for maintaining security and order in the judge's chambers and the courtroom.

The U.S.Supreme Court orders a lower court to send it the record of a case for review.This is done with a ____.

Domestic courts and mental health courts are considered to be specialty courts.

Appellate court judges make a decision on whether a case should be:

Which of the following courts is primarily a "reviewer" of decisions?

The clerk of the court has an exhausting list of responsibilities,including recording every word that is said in the courtroom.

The court's legitimacy is based on two factors: impartiality and ____.

____________________ is the process by which one jurisdiction surrenders a person accused or convicted of violating another jurisdiction's criminal law to the second jurisdiction.

Supreme Court Justices may write concurring opinions,outlining the reason why they feel the majority's decision erred.

.There is no absolute right to appeal to the United States Supreme Court.

At the present time,there are ____________________ judicial districts.

About ___ percent of all criminal defendants in the United States are represented by public defenders or other appointed counsel.

The federal court system consists of U.S.district courts,U.S.courts of appeals and the ______________________

Appellate courts:

In the role of _____________________the judge is responsible for seeing that the trial unfolds according to the dictates of the law and that the participants in the trial do not overstep any legal or ethical bounds.

The due process function emphasizes punishment and retribution.