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Intro into law and public safety
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Misdemeanor | What is a less serious crime punishable by a fine or by jail fot no more than 1 year |
| Jurisdiction | The authority of a court to hear and decide cases |
| original jurisdiction | the authority of a court to hear a case when it is first brought to court |
| appellate jurisdiction | the power of a court to review a case for errors of law |
| General jurisdiction | the power of a court to hear any types of cases |
| special jurisdiction | the power of a court to hear only certain kinds of cases |
| subject matter jurisdiction | the power of a court to hear a particular type of case |
| personal jurisdiction | a courts authority over the parties to a law suit |
| writ of cerrtiorari | a written order from the U.S. supreme court to a lower court whose decision is being appealed to send the records of the case forward for review |
| writ of habeas corpus | An order from a court to an officer of the law to produce a prisoner in court to determine if the prisoner is being legally detained or imprisoned |
| incapacitation | The removal or restriction of the freedom of those found to have violated criminal laws |
| punishment | the imposition of a penalty for criminal wrongdoing |
| Rehabilitation | the attempt to correct the personality and behavior of convicted offenders through educational vocational or therapeutic treatment and to return them to society as law-abiding citizens |
| general deterrence | the attempt to prevent people in general from engaging in crime by punishing specific individuals and making |
| nolle prosequi | the notation placed on the official record of a case when prosecutors elect not to prosecute |
| Plea bargaining | the practice whereby the prosecutor the defense attorney the defendant and in many jurisdictions the judge agree on a specific sentence to be imposed if the accused pleads guilty to an agreed upon charge or charges instead of going to trial |
| summary or bench trials | trials without a jury |
| trial de novo | a trial in which an entire case is reheard by trial court of general jurisdiction because there is an appeal and there is no written transcript of the earlier proceeding |
| due process of law | the procedures followed by courts to ensure that a defendants constitutional rights are not violated |
| rules of discovery | rules that mandate that a prosecutor provide defense counsel witth any exculpatory evidence(evidence favorable to the accused that has an effect on guilt or punishment) in the prosecutors possession |
Created by:
Jamaar Hicks
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