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Voc.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adjudicatory Hearing | Procedure used to determine the facts in a juvenile case. |
| Aggravating circumstances | Factors that tend to increase the seriousness of an offense. |
| Arraignment | A hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads guilty or not guilty. |
| Booking | The formal process of making a police record of an arrest. |
| Capital Punishment | The death penalty putting a convicted person to death as punishment for a crime. |
| Corroborate | To establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts. |
| Custodial Interrogating | Questioning a person after they have been taken into custody. |
| Delinquent Offenders | Youths who have committed acts that would be crimes if committed by adult under federal, state, or local laws. |
| Disposition | Final sentence or result of a case. |
| DNA evidence | Biological evidence used to connect an offender conclusively to a crime. |
| duress | Force or threats to make someone do something. |
| insanity defense | Legal defense based on claims of mental illness or mental incapacity. |
| intoxication | A physical and mental change produced by drinking alcohol or drugs. |
| judicial integrity | As used in discussing search and seizure this is an argument for the sue of the exclusionary rule, which emphasizes that courts should not permit law. breaking by police |
| mitigating circumstances | Factors that tend to lesson the seriousness of an offense. |
| motion of a change of venue | A request to change the location of a trial to avoid community hostility for the convenience of a witness or for other reasons. |
| motion for a continuance | A request to postpone a lawsuit to gain more time to prepare the case. |
| motion for a discovery of evidence | Request by the defendant to examine before trial certain evidence possessed by the prosecution. |
| motion to suppress evidence | Motion filed by a criminal defense attorney asking the court to exclude any evidence that was illegally obtained from the attorney client. |
| preliminary hearing | Property of belongings that can be moved such as cars, clothing, furniture, and appliances. |
| reentry | A program created by the US belt of justice designed to reduce serious crimes committed by ex-offenders. |
| self incrimination | Giving evidence and answering questions that would tend to subject one to criminal prosecution. |
| status offenders | An illegal act that can only be committed by a juvenile. |
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