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After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
- Identify the type of court structure in the United States and describe its various components.
- Summarize the purposes of courts.
- Identify the most powerful actors in the administration of justice and explain what makes them so powerful.
- Summarize the types of attorneys available to a person charged with a crime.
- Describe the responsibilities of a judge.
- Describe the purposes of an initial appearance.
- Explain what bail is and describe the different methods of pretrial release.
- Define grand jury and explain its purposes.
- Describe the purposes of the arraignment and the plea options of defendants.
- Describe the interests served and not served by plea bargaining.
- List and define the stages in a criminal trial.
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