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Plea Bargaining used
95% of the time
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Truth in Sentencing
Requires an 85%
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Habeas Corpus appeal
Does not consider innocence
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Missouri Model of judicial selection
Selection committee, selected by governor, retention election
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Direct appeals
No consideration of innocence
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Power to hold for
24 hours
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Furman
Death Penalty unconstitutional, focused on arbitrary way it was carried out
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Gregg
Upheld new death penalty, with a bifurcated trial
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Bifurcated trial
2 step sentencing, 1st part trial to determine guilt then for death penalty or not
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Preliminary hearing
Did it occur in the jurisdiction of the court, probable cause
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Gideon
lawyers for all cases, not just capital
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Grand Juries
In secret
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aggravating and mitigating circumstances
in sentencing allows judicial discretion in part
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Stay on Lethal Injections in MO
Dyslexic Dr.
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Marbury
Judicial Review
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voir dire
Jurors are questioned about their background and bias
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arraignment
formal reading of the criminal complaint
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Retribution
goal of sentencing
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Judge sentence if jury can't decide?
NO
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Are sentencing guidelines const.
yes
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Mistretta
Sentencing guidelines are constitutional
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Missouri execution
Bonterre
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plea bargaining binding
yes
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restrictions on parolees
voting rights, access to public housing, access to welfare
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Article III
established federal courts
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Guided Discretion
Jury review
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Determinate v. Indeterminate sentencing
no specific release date v. specific release date
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Luminol
blood remanents (oxidizing agent)
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DNA on fingerprints
maybe not reliable
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Came to aid of Scotsboro 9
International Labor Defense (affiliated with the communist party)
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Federal Speedy Trial Act 1974
trial must commence within 180 days of indictment
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parolees successfully complete their parole?
42%
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