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Summarize the major steps of the criminal court process from arraignment to trial. Include arraignment, preliminary hearing or grand jury, plea bargaining, and the purpose of the trial itself.

Overcrowding tends to reduce violence and improve inmate safety.

Police discretion refers to:

One major challenge of reentry after incarceration is:

The prosecutor decides whether charges will be filed in a criminal case.

Plea bargaining is rare in the criminal justice process and most cases proceed to full jury trial.

Classification decisions inside correctional facilities help determine custody level and housing placement.

A preliminary hearing and a grand jury serve the same function of determining probable cause.

California’s prison population exceeded 160,000 inmates before Realignment and the Plata ruling.

__________ is the antiinfective drug of choice for prophylactic premedication for a patient with artificial heart valves if the patient is not allergic to penicillin.