Assignment
1. What is the difference between a jury trial and a court trial? What is the significance of the Patton v. United States case to the ways in which a defendant may be tried in a criminal trial?
2. Imagine you are an expert in the field of criminal justice and you have been contacted by a national news syndicate to help them develop an informational segment about the structure of the criminal justice system. How would you describe a general overview of the criminal justice system from entry into the system to sentencing and corrections? How would you explain how this overview of the criminal justice system is relevant to criminal evidence?
3. Compare the differences between contradictory and corroborative evidence and provide an example of when each would be appropriate for use in a criminal trial.
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4. What are privileged relationships? How do privileged relationships impact witness competency? Explain.