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| Question | Answer |
| Judicial Integrity | The idea that courts should not approve of police unlawfully collecting evidence |
| Bail | property or money in exchange for a certain time allowing a person to be released from custody assuring they will return at an appointed time |
| Arraignment | Court session where a defendant is charged amd enters a plea (guilty or not guilty) |
| Nolo contendere | A defendants plea to criminal charges that does not contest the charges. (Equivalent to a guilty plea, but cannot be used as evidence in a later civil trial for other actions based on the same facts). |
| Plea bargaining | The negotiations between the prosecutor and the defendant's attorney |
| Pretrial Motion | A document by whicg a party asks the court to make a decision or take some action before the trial begins |
| Exclusionary Rule | Law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial. |
| Pretrial procedures | critical pretrial processes and decisions including bail arraignment and plea negotiation |
| Booking | making a record of the arrest (which includes name and address and etcetera). |
| motion to suppress evidence | to request to control and refrain from showing having evidence taken out of the case pretrial motion usually made by the defense to keep some info out of a trial and away from jury |
| Information | formal criminal charge filed with the court by the prosecutor Details nature and circumstances of the charge |
| Deterrence | measures taken to discourage criminal actions usually some form of punishment. the belief that the offender will be kept from committing future crimes and will serve as an example for others. |
| Indictment | formal charge for criminal action |
| Personal recognizance | when the judge determines that defendant is a low risk and is likely to show up for trial so no bail set |
| Personal recognizance | when the judge determines that defendant is a low risk and is likely to show up for trial so no bail set |
| motion for continuance | a request to postpone a lawsuit to gain more time to prepare the case |
| motion for continuance | a request to postpone a lawsuit to gain more time to prepare the case |
| Motion to change 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 to change venue | A request to change the location of a trial to avoid community hostility for the convenience of a witness or for other reasons |
| Preliminary hearing | this is used in felony cases to determine if there is actually enough evidence to have a trial |
| Preliminary hearing | this is used in felony cases to determine if there is actually enough evidence to have a trial |
| Grand Jury | 16 - 23 regular people who determine the outcome of a trial |
| Grand Jury | 16 - 23 regular people who determine the outcome of a trial |
| Fourth Amendment | this provides the right of the people to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall be issued unless upon probable cause |
| Fourth Amendment | this provides the right of the people to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall be issued unless upon probable cause |
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