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5After being taken into custody, usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime, the person can be questioned further, released, or _______.
6A ______ is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction.
7Some receive the coveted “Get out of THIS Free Card” Some a reduced sentence, some do their time
8Prison The rest home for the population within the population. Imprisonment does not equal this.
10It is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. You get what you pay for
11A crime or offence (or criminal offence) is an act harmful not only to some individual but also to a community, society, or the state ("a public ____ ")
12THIS, a final finding, statement or ruling, based on evidence, rules and precedents or (adjudication) a judicial decision or sentence
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1This is the temporary release of a prisoner in exchange for security
2A public one is a lawyer appointed by those in power to represent people who keep the status quo, in other words, the regular citizen who cannot afford to hire a lawyer to defend themselves in a trial. Today, you get less, much less than what the taxpayer pays for
3An arrest (legal protection or control) is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody, an arrest is a _________ in a criminal justice system, sometimes it is also done after a court warrant for the arrest.
4A Before room, this is an institution, often a government entity, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and administer justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law if and when applied.
9also known as provisional release, supervised release, or being on paper, is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by behavioral conditions