CCBC CRJU 101 Module 7-13 Final Exam
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7 What is the purpose of a preliminary hearing? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔to determine if a
crime actually occurred and if there is reason to believe that the defendant
committed the crime. whether the prosecutor has enough evidence to justify further
criminal proceedings against the accused
7 A grand jury? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A group of citizens that decides whether there is
sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime. file an Indictment.
7 Arraignment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads
guilty or not guilty
7 plea bargain - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔(criminal law) a negotiation in which the
defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor
agrees to drop a more serious charge
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,7 advantages and disadvantages of Plea bargaining for defendants - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Defendants pay less to defense attorneys by avoiding lengthy trials. Innocent
people sometimes plead guilty and end up serving time for crimes they did not
commit because they fear being convicted of greater charges and/or receiving a
harsher sentence. They are unconstitutional because they eliminate certain rights,
including the right to a trial by jury, the right to a speedy trial, the right to call
witnesses, and the right to cross-examine witnesses
7 advantages and disadvantages of Plea bargaining for Victims - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Victims feel reassured that defendants will not get away with the crime
because they have agreed to plead guilty and will most likely serve some type of
sentence. Justice is not served when defendants are permitted to plead guilty to
lesser charges and are given lighter sentences.
7 advantages of Plea bargaining for prosecutors. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔it reduces the
workload of overburdened prosecutors who do not have enough time to try every
case in court. When defendants agree to reveal additional information as part of a
plea bargain, such as the names of other offenders, this can help solve those cases
7 advantages of Plea bargaining for defense attorneys. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Courts
often have a backlog of cases waiting to go to trial, which plea bargaining reduces
by keeping cases out of court. they invest less time.
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, 7 disadvantages of Plea bargaining for defense attorneys and Prosecutors. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔might not act in the best interests of the state, the defendant, the
victim, or the public when they are more concerned with resolving a case quickly
through plea bargaining so they can move on to the next one.
7 Difference between a bench trial and a jury trial. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔In a bench
trial a judge makes a decision on the outcome of the case. A jury trial the jury
decide the verdict of case.
7 Which courts in Maryland are only bench trials? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔All District
Courts.
7 What is the difference between the voir dire and the venire? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Voir dire the process of selecting jurors for trial. Venire group of prospective
jurors from which to choose for jury.
7 The burden of proof in a criminal trial is ___________________ and must be
proven by the ___________________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1) proof beyond a
reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty
2) prosecution.
7 Steps in a jury trial - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Jury selection
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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7 What is the purpose of a preliminary hearing? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔to determine if a
crime actually occurred and if there is reason to believe that the defendant
committed the crime. whether the prosecutor has enough evidence to justify further
criminal proceedings against the accused
7 A grand jury? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A group of citizens that decides whether there is
sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime. file an Indictment.
7 Arraignment - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a hearing in which a suspect is charged and pleads
guilty or not guilty
7 plea bargain - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔(criminal law) a negotiation in which the
defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor
agrees to drop a more serious charge
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,7 advantages and disadvantages of Plea bargaining for defendants - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Defendants pay less to defense attorneys by avoiding lengthy trials. Innocent
people sometimes plead guilty and end up serving time for crimes they did not
commit because they fear being convicted of greater charges and/or receiving a
harsher sentence. They are unconstitutional because they eliminate certain rights,
including the right to a trial by jury, the right to a speedy trial, the right to call
witnesses, and the right to cross-examine witnesses
7 advantages and disadvantages of Plea bargaining for Victims - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Victims feel reassured that defendants will not get away with the crime
because they have agreed to plead guilty and will most likely serve some type of
sentence. Justice is not served when defendants are permitted to plead guilty to
lesser charges and are given lighter sentences.
7 advantages of Plea bargaining for prosecutors. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔it reduces the
workload of overburdened prosecutors who do not have enough time to try every
case in court. When defendants agree to reveal additional information as part of a
plea bargain, such as the names of other offenders, this can help solve those cases
7 advantages of Plea bargaining for defense attorneys. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Courts
often have a backlog of cases waiting to go to trial, which plea bargaining reduces
by keeping cases out of court. they invest less time.
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, 7 disadvantages of Plea bargaining for defense attorneys and Prosecutors. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔might not act in the best interests of the state, the defendant, the
victim, or the public when they are more concerned with resolving a case quickly
through plea bargaining so they can move on to the next one.
7 Difference between a bench trial and a jury trial. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔In a bench
trial a judge makes a decision on the outcome of the case. A jury trial the jury
decide the verdict of case.
7 Which courts in Maryland are only bench trials? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔All District
Courts.
7 What is the difference between the voir dire and the venire? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Voir dire the process of selecting jurors for trial. Venire group of prospective
jurors from which to choose for jury.
7 The burden of proof in a criminal trial is ___________________ and must be
proven by the ___________________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1) proof beyond a
reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty
2) prosecution.
7 Steps in a jury trial - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Jury selection
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