Exam 7: Courts and the Quest for Justice

During the pretrial process, the ___________ holds a great deal of discretion as towhether an individual whohas been arrested by the police will be charged. ​

The__________________________is the separate but interrelated court system of the United States, made up of the courts at the national level and the individual court systems housed at the state level.​

The Supreme Court unanimously held that "any person brought tocourt, whois toopoor tohire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." This case was ____________ ​

As a public defender, you have been assigned torepresent a serial pedophile. Your client has been in and out of prison over twenty years for sexual crimes against children. His modus operandi has been tolure children from public areas intohis van and then take them back tohis house tocarry out his sexual desires. once complete, he would drop the kids off at a public shopping area and then attempt todisappear by traveling toa new state. For his current offense, he is being accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two12-year old girls in his home, and then releasing them twodays later at a Walmart in Little Rock, Arkansas. While talking toyour client about what happened, he makes a comment toyou that "it would be a shame if I gotoprison, since those other little girls may never be found." You ask him toelaborate and he tells you that "oh yes, there are others, some still alive, some dead." As a public defender, knowing your responsibilities toboth your client and the justice system, what doyou do? Please fully explain your plan of action.

Explain the dual court system of the United States. ​

If the U.S. Supreme Court orders a lower court tosend it the record of a case for official review, a(n)_____________ is issued tothe lower court toofficially notify that court of its intent toreview. ​

Explain the roles and responsibilities of judges before the trial. ​

In the role of______________________, the judge is responsible for seeing that the trial unfolds according tothe dictates of the law and that the participants in the trial donot overstep any legal or ethical bounds.

The court of final resort in the United States is the________________.

An election where a political party, such as the Republicans or Democrats, openly support a candidate for a judgeship is known as a(n)___________ ​

Judges can grant a(n)________________tothe attorneys, which is additional time toprepare for the trial.

Drug courts, juvenile courts, domestic courts, and elder courts are all examples of _________ ​

In the courtroom work group, whois responsible for recording every word that is said during the course of trial? ​

The list of cases entered on a court's calendar tobe subsequently heard in that particular court is known as the court's ____________ ​

The_____________function of the court is concerned with protecting the rights of individual citizens against the power of the state.

Explain how a case is brought before the Supreme Court. ​

During the pretrial, the_______takes on the role of the negotiator.​

____________________are public civil officers or officials with limited judicial authority within a particular geographic area.

What is jurisdiction? Explain briefly the difference between geographic and subject-matter jurisdiction. Explain what happens with regard tojurisdiction if a person has committed a state and federal crime. ​

The____function of the courts emphasizes punishment and retribution. ​