CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

Important points on properly processing a defendant in a federal investigation:

In my view, the ten most significant points on a defendant's proper processing within a federal investigation include:

Step 1: Investigation

Evidence

Decision to charge

Probable Cause (Notes, 2012).

Request warrant

Step 2: Arrest

Serve Warrant

Search

Report

Booking (Nola, 2012).

Step 3: Initial Arraignment / Appearance

Read Rights

Read Charges against her / him (Geek, 2012)

Step 4: Indictment / Prosecution

The case of the prosecutor will be heard by the Grand Jury

Review probable cause

Review Evidence

Decision to charge

Defendant Plea

Bail or Detention / determined by the judge

Step 5: Pre-trial

Trial Investigation

Interview Witnesses

Study Evidence

Read reports on the case

Motion in Limine (Cornell, 2007).

Step 6: Plea Bargain

Agreement to plead guilty in exchange for a decreased sentence

Judge sentences if defendant pleads guilty

Step 7: Trial

Selection of Jury (Courts, 2007)

Instructions for the Jury

Opening Statement

Direct Examination (Moses, 2002)

Cross Examination

Presentation of evidence

Concluding arguments (Moses, 2002)

Jury instructions

Deliberation

Verdict

Step 8: Sentencing

Convicted fellow returns to court for his/her sentencing by a judge (Cornell, 1997)

Step 9: Appeals

Petition is filed

Court of Appeals Panel Review

Send to Supreme Court / Decision/Review en banc

Writ of certiorari

Step 10: Corrections

The convict fellow serves her / his rehabilitation or sentence

Deterrence

Rehabilitation

Death sentence (If the convicted fellow is sentenced to death) (Bedau, 1977)

The death penalty

Return to society (Visher & Tavis, 2003)

Parole (Nuffield,1982)

Outline- The best way to format and present the federal criminal pretrial process

A prosecutor's job is not limited to giving advice, because much significantly a prosecutor tries for proving the guilt of a defendant within a court of law. Every time a case gets trialed, the goal of the prosecutor is convincing the jury (that is a group comprising of citizens of the United States) that a crime was committed by the defendant and he or she must be punished for committing that crime. There is work; which needs to be done and it might take weeks of months; prior to a trial being commenced by a prosecutor. A case's pre-trial phase is similar to doing home work. Prosecutors are required to be familiar with each of the fact linked with the offense that took place, he or she has to speak to the witness (es) if any, predict issues, which can emerge during the trial, study the evidence, and formulate strategies. He / she might even memorize specific statements that he/she would be saying during the trail. Such a practice is described as 'moot court'. Within jury selection a jury is selected (these get populated by driver's license, tax, documents, voter registration, etc.). Although a person in the jury might get randomly chosen from the documents mentioned above. As far as the best way is concerned, both the defense attorneys and the prosecutor question these people within the jury for ensuring that there is no such person within a jury who might be already inclined for a prosecution, or a person who is already familiar with the details of the case; such a de-selection and selection process is referred to a 'Voir dire' (Courts, 2007). Another aspect within the best way of formatting and presenting the federal criminal pretrial process includes jury ...