adult and juvenile justice system standards ss8cg4 ss8cg6
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ADULT A
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ABOUT TH
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M• Adult system deals with adults (17+ ) • Civil and Criminal law • Criminal – felonies or misdemeanors Civil – disputes between two people• Defendant, goes in front of jury or judge.
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Felony
• Serious crimes like murder, rape, or grand theft
• Minimum sentence of 1 yr.
• Capital Crimes are crimes punishable by death
Misdemeanor
• less serious crimes like assault
• punishments = fine or less jail time
FELONY/MISDEMEANOR
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Step 1: Pretrial
1a. Arrest – person is detained
1b. Booking – make record of arrest
1c. Initial Appearance – set bail and charges explained
1d. Preliminary hearing – judge determines probably cause
1e. Grand jury indictment – jury decides if there is enough evidence to charge
1f. Arraignment- suspects enters pleas, if guilty, goes straight to sentencing.
1g. Possible plea bargain – process of negotiation. May plead guilty to lesser crime.
3 MAIN STEPS
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Step 2: Trial
1. Jury selection
2. Opening statements
3. Presentation of evidence
4. Closing statements
5. Jury deliberation and verdict
6. Sentencing
STEPS CONTINUED
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Step 3: Appeals Process Purpose: defendant maintains his/her innocence or if court made a mistake. If court of appeals overturns ruling, it goes back to Superior Court for new trial. GA’s 2 Courts of Appeal: • Supreme Court • Court of Appeals
APPEALS PROCESS
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Settling Disputes Peacefully • rather than using courts, there are several ways to settle disputes peacefully. Examples: Mediationarbitration, compromise negotiationcollaboration How does the judicial branch fulfill its role? • Interpreting Laws • Ensuring justice
SETTLING DISPUTES
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JUVENILE
COURT
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Why were Juvenile courts created?
1. Children are not always fully responsible
2. Juveniles may need to be protected
3. Juveniles should not be sentenced as adults
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Status offense:
an offense that would not be a crime if committed by an adult.
Ex: child refuses to go to school, running away from home, caught with alcohol in hand
Delinquent Behavior:
committing a crime (it’d be a crime, even if an adult committed it)
Ex: robbery, vandalism, DUI, drug offenses
STATUS OFFENSE/DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR
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Juvenile rights:
(specific to juveniles) • Right to a private
trial • Right to have
parents present• different
terminology• more of a spirit of
rehabilitation than punishment
Jurisdiction of the juvenile courts:
over children less than 17 yrs. old or deprived 18 yr. olds
JUVENILE RIGHTS
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Steps in the Juvenile justice process:
1. Intake
2. Detention hearing
3. Adjudicatory hearing
4. Dispositional hearing
Informal adjustment:
A period of time where a child is under careful oversight of court.
STEPS IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCESS
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1. murder
2. aggravated sexual battery
3. voluntary manslaughter
4. aggravated molestation
5. armed robbery
6. aggravated sodomy
7. rape
If you are accused: transferred to superior court to be tried as an adult.
Possible consequences up to : life in prison
7 DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS (DEADLY SINS LAW)