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A sentence of imprisonment that is suspended. Also, the conditional freedom granted by a judicial officer to a convicted offender, as long as the person meets certain conditions of behavior.

Juvenile court matters fall into three major categories: delinquency, status offenses, and children in need of supervision.

Jurors have come to expect sophisticated forensic evidence in even the most mundane cases, and these higher expectations for forensic evidence  significantly affect conviction or acquittal voting patterns.

Examples of alternative sentencing include

A structured sentencing scheme that allows no leeway in the nature of the sentence required and under which clearly enumerated punishments are mandated for specific offenses or for habitual offenders convicted of a series of crimes.

The Supreme Court held that verdicts in federal criminal trials must be unanimous, but it affirmed state courts’ findings of guilty by votes of 9 to 3 and 10 to 2.

Which Amendments were specifically mentioned in this lesson that limit police power and authority?

Police have to advise every suspect every time during the arrest of their Miranda rights before anything that person says can be used in court.

Every year a large proportion of juveniles are transferred to adult court and involve juveniles accused of murder, armed robbery, or another particularly violent felony.

The status of a convicted offender who has been conditionally released from prison by a proper authority before the expiration of his or her sentence, is placed under the supervision of an agency, and is required to observe the required conditions.