Identify and describe the types of pretrial motions. What is the purpose of having pretrial motions?

What will be an ideal response?


Pretrial motions ask courts to decide questions that don't require a trial. Pretrial motions include issues related to double jeopardy, a speedy trial, and a change of venue. The Fifth Amendment protection against double jeopardy ensures the prosecution has "one fair shot" at convicting a defendant. The Constitution guarantees a speedy trial, so prosecution must begin promptly. The Constitution ensures that a change of venue occurs only at the defendant's request and only where great prejudice would otherwise exist.

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a. Spectrophotometry b. Infrared c. Chromatography d. Mass spectrometry

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This theorist suggested that victims and offenders needed to be considered in a dyad in order to fully understand victimization.

a. Hans von Hentig b. Stephen Schaefer c. Marvin Wolfgang d. Benjamin Mendelsohn

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The conflict between owners and workers that Marx and Engels stated was built into the workings of a capitalist economy is called ____.

a. class struggle b. class warfare c. class normalcy d. class conflict

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The prison bartering system based on negotiation and exchange of goods and services between prisoners without the use of cash is called the

a. hidden marketplace.
b. under-the-table economy.
c. sub rosa economy
d. secret market.

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