Across
- 2. error that substantially undermines the reliability of the guilt finding or death sentence imposed at trial.
- 4. legislatively approved provisions that mandate longer prison terms for specific criminal offenses committed under certain circumstances or because of anaconda's past criminal record.
- 9. two separate hearings 4 different issues in a trial one for guilt and the other for punishment.
- 13. three strikes laws imposed mandatory prison sentences generally a life sentence on those convicted of an offence if they have been previously convicted of two prior serious criminal offences.
- 16. the minimum amount of time a convicted person can be held in custody.
- 17. the idea that actions are motivated primarily by a desire to experience pleasure and avoid pain.
- 18. statute a law that allows a persons criminal history to be considered at sentencing or makes it possible for a person convicted of a given offense and previously convicted of another specific offense to receive a more severe penalty.
- 19. this smooth functioning of social institutions the existence of positive and productive relations among individual members of society and the orderly functioning of society as a whole.
Down
- 1. a description of the harm and suffering that a crime has caused victims and survivors.
- 3. play systematic response to wrongdoing that emphasizes healing the wounds of victims defenders and communities caused or revealed by crime.
- 5. lawful imposition of the death penalty.
- 6. the maximum amount of time a convicted person can be held in custody.
- 7. they fix sense with no maximum or minimum associated with it.
- 8. this sentencing principle that requires an offender to serve a substantial portion of the sentence in reduces the discrepancy between the sentence imposed and actual time spent in prison.
- 10. a crime for which the death penalty may but need not necessarily be imposed.
- 11. a sentence condemning A convicted offender to spend the rest of their life in prison.
- 12. to clear of blame and release from death row.
- 14. the process of making the offender A productive member of the community.
- 15. sentences should be the least necessary in a given situation to attain its end. Imposition of a sentence more severe than is necessary is harmful.