Exam 9: State Courts and the Criminal Justice System

A) Elected judges' decisions tend to reflect the ideology and values of their state's citizens.
B) Elected judges tend to adjust their voting as elections approach.
C) Judicial elections lead to less plea bargaining, more trials, and more dissenting opinions on controversial issues in Supreme Court decisions.
D) Judges elected on partisan ballots tend to grant higher awards to injured parties than judges selected through other systems.

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A) some nonpartisan merit retention elections have become quite partisan.
B) a majority of Floridians support abolishing the death penalty.
C) the state legislature is expected to be able to overturn the high court's decision on same-sex marriage.
D) in general, people distrust state supreme court justices.

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A) Following up on criminal investigations of the police
B) Deciding which cases to bring to trial
C) Negotiating with defense attorneys
D) Acting as the governor's lawyer in the cases that go to trial

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A) Trial court
B) Appellate court
C) Supreme court
D) Court of general jurisdiction

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A) Judicial elections are criticized for being high-turnout, high-information affairs.
B) The original elite appointment system for judges took away the independence of the courts.
C) Elite appointments of judges can influence the type of person who rises to the bench.
D) The legal profession frowns on judicial candidates who offer the sort of information that routinely is seen in campaigns for other political offices.

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A) Most lawsuits result in either no money or only a modest amount of money being awarded to the injured party.
B) The U. S. Supreme Court handles far more cases than state supreme courts.
C) Television shows portraying the legal system are, contrary to popular belief, quite accurate in their depiction of how things work.
D) There is much less institutional variation within and among states' judicial branches than among either their executive or legislative branches.

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A) California has a very simple structure, with only one type of court at each of the three levels.
B) Typically, the more recently a court system has been overhauled, the more complex it is.
C) New York has an extremely complex structure.
D) More complex court structures make the system less understandable to the average person.

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A) Trial courts
B) Intermediate courts of appeal
C) State supreme courts
D) The U.S. Supreme Court

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