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- Our criminal justice system is made of different components; there
are the law enforcement agencies that do the work out in the streets in
order to bring criminals in for the crimes they have committed. The
criminals are entitled to have a trial based on their constitutional
rights. From there they go through the judicial system where they can
take their case to a jury trial or take a plea bargain for the charges
that have been brought against them. The court proceeding are heard by
a judge which is in charge of the courtroom. Cjs 210
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- Judges have to make sure that a trail is fair and also make sure the
right amount of years are given to an individual found guilty of a
crime. When a criminal case goes to trial the judge will make sure the
trial is moving on time without any distractions from outside
sources. They will deem whether a questioned asked is a valid
question. The judges are also in charge of the jury selection process
they will ask the jurors questions related to a case to make sure they
are not bias to the individual being tried for the case. Judges must
also sign any search or arrest warrants brought by officers, they can
denial bail to an individual if they feel they are a threat to the
community. Before a case even goes to trial there is a preliminary
hearing where both the prosecutor and defense show their case and the
judge will decide if there is enough proof that a crime was committed
and the case will be set for a jury trial.
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- Judges however are human and like most humans they can make mistakes,
this is a decision that judges have to deal with if the make the wrong
decision, this can be a result of insufficient evidence being brought to
a case yet a jury still convicts the defendant of the crime.
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