SA 9th Grade- History- Chap. 17
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22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1966 | year of the Miranda vs. Arizona case |
| Miranda rights | procedures taken after a crime is commited; a criminal's rights |
| summons | fines |
| misdemeanor | cases that are handled in minor court |
| felony | cases tried in county courts |
| photograph, fingerprinting, call lawyer | steps of the booking procedure |
| recognizance | when suspects are released without paying bail |
| arraignment | a hearing where a suspect pleads guilty or innocence to the charges |
| plea bargain | an agreement in which the accused person agrees to plead guilty but to a lesser charge; avoids lengthy and expensive trial |
| prosecution | the state's side of the proceedings |
| defense | the accused person's side |
| testimony | the statements a witness makes under oath |
| cross-examination | the opposite sides questioning of the witness |
| acquittal | a vote of not guilty |
| hung jury | when a jury cannot agree or a verdict |
| juvenile | a person not yet legally an adult |
| juvenile delinquent | a child or teenager who repeatedly breaks the law |
| offenders | lawbreakers |
| neglect and delinquency | two kinds of cases juvenile courts handle |
| offenses | when a juvenile breaks the law |
| jury | there is no blank in juvenile cases |
| lawyer, judge, police officer, probation officer | people who the juvenile and his parents meet with |
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