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Criminal Justice System simplified
Breach
Guilty
Not Guilty
Appeal
Breach
Parliament lays down legislation
governing every stage of the
process Suspect is arrested and interviewed
Suspect charged
Incident does not constitute a crime
Found guilty
Incident constitutes a crime
Crime is reported
Police investigate allegation
Crime goes unreported
Crime remains unsolved
Not charged or Out of Court Disposal
CPS decides not to prosecute
Acquitted
Sentencing
Conviction quashed
Conviction upheld but sentence overturned
CPSadvises on charge
Defendant enters plea in court
Serve custodialsentence (NOMS),pay fine (HMCTS) or serve suspended sentence or community order (CRCs)
Conviction andsentence upheld
Sentencing Council
issues guidelines
Trial
Incident occurs
Released on licence, supervised by the NPS and CRCs An offender may be resentenced if they reoffend or recalled to prison if they breach any terms of their licence
Appeal hearing
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