CJ ST 240 Lecture 3: Criminal Justice Section 3PDF
1 Dec 2016
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Bail/bond: a legal agreement of promise that requires the court appearance of a criminal. Bond decision making: obtain self-reported address, employment, mental health, substance abuse/treatment, and criminal histories, supplemented with local, state, and national criminal history information, integrated automated fingerprint identi cation system (often called afis) and national. Roles and responsibilities of the prosecution: convicting the guilty, protecting the civil liberties of defendants, protect the public, conduct investigation with and beyond the police, make bond and sentencing recommendations. What activated prosecutor discretion: seriousness of the offense, mitigating the aggravating circumstances, likelihood of conviction (particularly via plea bargain, characteristics of the accused (defendant, characteristics of the victim, publicity and other public scrutiny, politics and organizational culture. The defense counsel has no obligation to ascertain or present the truth. Out system assigns him a different mission defense counsel need present nothing even if he knows what the truth is.
