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| Stenographer: types everything said in court |
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| Police of the court/ keeps order |
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| District Attorney/Prosecutor |
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| Person accused of a crime |
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| A deal where the Defendant gets less time or lower crime in exchange for accepting punishment (guilty or NC) |
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| Witnesses, statements, video, pictures, physical evidence, weapon, reports |
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Saying you did the crime.
Judge sentences you to some kind of punishment |
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Saying that you did NOT do the crime.
Goes to trial. |
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Plea of NGI
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity |
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| Saying you were mentally ill at the time of the crime. Drugs & Alcohol do NOT qualify. Go to Hospital for sentence. |
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| Accepting the punishment, but NOT admitting to the crime and not denying it. Judge gives you to some kind of punishment. |
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