Agenda 1-24

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Agenda 1-24

• Finish definitions. Sentences are Due Friday
• 2. Juvenile Justice Notes NB9
• 5. Video- Bill Thomas

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Standard SS8CG4

• The student will analyze the role of the judicial
  branch in Georgia state government.

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Vocabulary- define and use in a sentence---due
Friday

• Felony-
• Misdemeanor-
• Jurisdiction-
• Court of Appeals-
• Civil Law-
• Plaintiff-

a serious crime, punishable by over 1 year in
jail and/or 1000 fine
less serious crime, punishable by less than 1
year in jail and/or 1000 fine
where the crime took place
They look over judgments made by trial courts.
Appellate courts only hear appeals. They make
sure that the trials were fair.
applies to agreements between people and/or
businesses (lawsuits, divorces, landlords,
etc.)
the person who files (starts) a lawsuit. They are
making a complaint against another.
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Vocabulary- define and use in a sentence---due
Friday

• Criminal Law-
• Jury Trial-
• Truancy-
• Juvenile-
• Status offense-
• Defendant-

Intentional violation of law that hurts or
offends a person or their property.
Punishment-give up freedom
when the guilt or innocence is decided by a group
of citizens (jury of your peers).
when a child frequently refuses to go to school.
anyone 17 years old or less
also called unruly behavior. This is behavior
that is a crime for a child but would not be a
crime for an adult.
the person being sued
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Georgia Studies

• Unit 9 Judicial Branch in Georgia
• Juvenile Justice

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Lesson 6 Juvenile Justice

• ESSENTIAL QUESTION
• How are juveniles treated differently under
  Georgias judicial system?
• Under Georgia law, anyone under the age of 17 is
  a juvenile.

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Juvenile Justice

• Unruly Behavior Is considered a status offense
  when committed by children (would not be a crime
  if committed by an adult).
• Examples of unruly behavior
• Child refusing to go to school.
• Child frequently disobeys parents or caregivers.
• Child runs away from home.
• Child roams the streets between midnight and 5
  A.M.
• Child goes to a bar without parents and/or is
  caught with alcoholic drinks in hand.
• A child showing unruly behavior may be given
  treatment (if offense involves alcohol or drugs)
  and may be committed to a place of detention
  operated by GAs Department of Juvenile Justice.

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Juvenile Justice

• Delinquent Behavior When a child commits a
  crime it is considered delinquent behavior.
• A child who is less than 13 years old cannot be
  tried for a crime in GA.
• A child between 13 and 16 years old will be
  punished according to the law. This may include
  spending up to five years in a juvenile detention
  facility. If you do the same act at 17 in
  Georgia, you will be charged as an adult and go
  to the county detention center it will be on
  your permanent record.

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Rights of Juvenile Offenders Right to a
lawyer. Right to cross-examine witnesses. Right
to provide evidence to support ones own
case. Right to provide witnesses to support ones
own case. Right to remain silent. Right to an
appeal. Right to a transcript of a trial (written
copy of the trial). There is no jury because of
privacy laws. Your juvenile record is sealed and
only law enforcement can get it unsealed.
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Juvenile Justice Process

• Children thought to be delinquent are taken into
  custody (not called arrested when a juvenile) and
  their parents are notified. Children may then be
  released to the parents or detained (held) at a
  Regional Youth Detention Center or in a community
  shelter or foster home.
• The next step is a probable cause hearing. A
  judge looks over the case to determine whether
  the children should be released or detained
  further.
• The next step is a adjudicatory hearing. A judge
  decides whether the charges are true or not. If
  the judge decides the charges are untrue the case
  can be dismissed.
• The next step is a dispositional hearing. At
  this hearing the judge decides the course of
  treatment, supervision, or rehabilitation that
  the delinquent, unruly, or deprived child should
  undergo. The judge may decide that probation if
  necessary. In some serious cases the judge may
  transfer the case to a superior court where the
  child will be tried as an adult.
• The different courts each have their own job and
  jurisdictions.

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The Seven Delinquent Behaviors

• Seven Delinquent Behaviors Behaviors that are
  automatically outside the jurisdiction of
  juvenile court. Children between the ages of 13
  and 16 who are thought to have committed any of
  these crimes will be tried as adults
• Aggravated Child Molestation
• Aggravated Sexual Battery
• Aggravated Sodomy
• Murder
• Rape
• Voluntary Manslaughter
• Armed Robbery with a firearm