The criminal justice process
Legislative Phase --
Crime Scene Phase --
Pretrial phase (preliminary hearing)
Trial Phase --
Sentencing Phase (Sentencing hearing) --
Sentence served Phase --
Trial has two parts: The trial phase and the sentencing phase
The trial phase
The sentencing phase -- formulating the sanction
Objectives of sentencing (2)
Four entities that have power over the sentence length (How they shape justice)
The legislative branch
The judicial branch
The executive branch
The prosecutor
The difference between felony crimes and misdemeanor crimes
Determinate sentence -- Indeterminate sentence
Factors that force us to “economize” when sentencing
Plea bargain agreement – a Transaction