CJ 100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: 3E, Bench Trial, Jury Trial

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 100
• Professor: All

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Mindtap quiz 6: the process by which criminal justice officials screen out some cases while advancing others to the next level of decision making. At each stage, some defendants are sent on to the next stage, while others are either released or processed under changed conditions. Filtering: when a prosecutor drops or reduces charges against a defendant or offers a plea bargain, the prosecutor is using ____ Discretion: one of the most significant examples of prosecutor discretion is: Guilt or innocence of the defendant: a trial in which a defendant chooses to have a trial before the judge without a jury present is called a ____ In _____ the supreme court ruled small juries (usually of six) are constitutional in non- capital cases. Mindtap quiz 7: _____ are restrictions more severe than regular probation, but not as harsh as imprisonment, and are more cost effective as well intermediate sanctions.