Criminal Justice
Worksheet
In the Anatomy
of a Murder Site, click on Introduction
to the Legal System to help you answer these questions.
Introduction to
the Legal JusticeSystem
- What are the two
separate levels of courts in the U.S. system? What is this concept
called?
- Name 3 types of
violations of Federal law.
- Discuss the differences
between a criminal trial and a civil trial. Give one example
of each.
- What is the function
of the Superior Court?
- What does it mean
to "Appeal" a case? What happens?
- What is a "Writ
of Certiorari"?
- Out of 5,000 cases
that are appealed to the United States Supreme Court each year,
how many are actually heard?
- Is the ruling of
the U.S. Supreme Court final?
- How many U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals are there throughout the country?
- Describe how the
U.S. Supreme Court protects civil liberties in America.