Cuts to NC Juvenile Justice Budget Pose 'Public Safety Issues'

Cuts to NC Juvenile Justice Budget Pose 'Public Safety Issues'

Criminal Justice System: an Outline

Mr. Hendrix, who is the elected District Attorney of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit of Pickens, Gilmer, and Fannin Counties, opened his speech with a basic outline of how the state court and sentencing system works. I've put together the following graphic based on his presentation. As you can see, modern American criminal justice is no simple - or, more to the point, inexpensive - process. As Mr. Hendrix explained, state district attorneys are elected constitutional officers who answer ...