Half of all detainees being held in jail are misdemeanants who could not make bail.

Who is responsible for establishing that mitigating factors exist that should cause the jury to bring in a punishment recommendation other than death?

The U.S. Supreme Court decision that later followed Furman v. Georgia and declared the death penalty constitutional if and only if certain conditions are met was

The number of elderly jail inmates during the last decade has:

The case of Pulley v. California mandated that at least 10 percent of the jury hearing a death penalty case must be similar in race or gender to the defendant.

The New York System was first adopted in Auburn, NewYork and focused on the belief that most prisoners would benefit from the experience of incarceration, especially isolation.

Discuss aftercare consists in the juvenile justice system.

Minimum-security detention centers that house entire families and provide schooling for children, recreational activities, and access to religious services are known as:

Montesquieu based the legitimacy of criminal sanctions on the social contract.

Federal and state sentencing guidelines were created to limit prosecutorial discretion so that people committing similar crimes received similar terms of incarceration.