Trial Processes

What is a subpoena?

• A court order to appear and testify

• A legal document to dismiss a case

• A request for a retrial

• A plea bargain agreement.

Defendants have the right to face their ______ and to cross-examine them.

• Lawyers

• Accusers

• Judges

• Witnesses

In the context of deterrence, the goal of sentencing is to make the offender not want to commit the same crime again and to warn others who might potentially commit the same crime. True or False?

• True

• False

A sentence is given to ______ criminal behavior.

• Encourage

• Discourage

• Ignore

• Support

Which of the following could be included in rehabilitation programs?

• Counseling programs

• Financial penalties

• Community service

• Incarceration

The purpose of rehabilitation is to help offenders change their life for the ____. A) worse B) better C) same D) unknown.

• worse

• better

• same

• unknown

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of rehabilitation?

• Helping offenders change

• Punishing offenders

• Providing educational programs

• Offering counseling.

Explain the different outcomes of a trial.

• Conviction

• Acquittal

• Mistrial

• All of the above

Explain the purpose of probation as a sentencing option.

• To punish the defendant

• To rehabilitate the defendant

• To isolate the defendant

• To financially penalize the defendant.

What is another name for Home Confinement?

• House Arrest

• Probation

• Parole

• Community Service