Exam 12: Courts and Multiculturalism

Defendants who enter a(n) _____________ at trial admit committing the action in question, however, they have legal justification for doing so.

Discovery refers to:

Minorities and the poor are more likely than their counterparts to receive a summons informing them of their call to jury duty.

During voir dire, attorneys are granted an unlimited number of challenges for cause.

Which of the following does NOT occur at the initial appearance in felony case processing?

The questioning of potential jurors is known as:

Attorneys typically do not need to justify using a ____________ challenge to eliminate seemingly unfit or inappropriate members of the jury pool.

The grand jury's task is to determine if a prosecutor's case is strong enough to warrant a(n) ___________.

A number of states have adopted ____________ sentencing practices that involve offenders receiving a specific amount of time to be served based on the crime for which they were convicted. The move toward this type of sentencing is typically accompanied by the elimination of parole.