Exam 7: Judges and the Justice in the States

More people are imprisoned in the United States than in any other country.

A misdemeanor is a serious crime, the penalty for which can range from imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year to death.

Judges and attorneys tend to like elections or appointments better than they do merit selection plans.

Which of the following is the major purpose of sentencing in contemporary times?

In general terms, victims in the U.S.tend to be ________.

Which of the following courts is most likely to have original jurisdiction over a felony?

Several state legislatures are reconsidering the death penalty in the light of ________.

Growing concerns about crime and mounting criticism have fueled legislative action for enhancing the existing judicial discretion of judges.

A felony is a minor crime; the penalty is a fine or imprisonment for a short time, usually less than a year, in a local jail.

Which of the following is an advantage that plea bargaining offers to judges?

Which of the following is the only state where state judges have life appointments?

Explain how often trial by jury is used in civil disputes and the problems facing states that use it.

Plea bargaining allows the accused to ________.

An analysis conducted in 2011 on Florida prisons found that privately run prisons were not necessarily lower cost than those run by the state.

Which of the following is the most common method of selecting state and local judges in the United States?

Briefly describe minor courts.

Concerned by the overcrowding in prisons, federal judges issued orders in the 1990s calling for either immediate improvement or the release of people being held in conditions that violate the ________ Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.

Critics of the public defender system opine that since public defenders are paid employees of the state, they are not likely to work diligently on behalf of their clients.