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Members of the courtroom work group generally enjoy interacting with victims and witnesses.

CASE 8.2 A U.S. district judge pled guilty to obstruction of justice for lying to judges who investigated sexual misconduct complaints. Sentenced to 33 months in federal prison in May 2009, the judge attempted to retire from the bench, thereby allowing him to draw his salary. He was impeached and resigned from the bench in disgrace, effectively ending his impeachment trial. Who impeached the U.S. district judge?

Which statements consist of written or oral information about the impact of crime on the victim and the victim’s family?

CASE 7.2 Is it enough to have a lawyer? Must the lawyer also be competent and effective? The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the effective assistance of counsel as essential to the Sixth Amendment guarantee (McMann v. Richardson, 1970). ​ The Court’s most significant holding regarding the effective assistance of counsel came in 1984 in which case?

CASE 10.2 The United States experienced a dramatic increase in crime at the beginning of the 1960s. For almost two decades, the number of crimes known to the police increased much faster than the growth in population. The crime rate plateaued in the beginning of the 1980s and has decreased considerably since the early 1990s. Despite these decreases, the public continues to perceive that crime is on the increase. These fears are reinforced by extensive media coverage, particularly of violent crime. How many official measures of crime exist in the United States?

Less than __________ of victims and witnesses said they were dissatisfied with how their cases was handled.

How do arrests by police impact the criminal court process?

Drug crimes are categorized as Type I offenses in the Uniform Crime Reporting.

Interactions between members of the courtroom work group strictly follow the adversarial model.

Which minority has the smallest representation on benches of state court?