1. How are appellate courts different from trial courts? How do the functions, roles, and outcomes of appellate courts set them apart from trial courts? Given the ‘starring’ role that stare decisis has in our legal system, how do appellate courts contribute to the dynamic, changing nature of the law?
2. Given that most criminal cases never go to trial, why are jurors and jury trials an important part of the criminal courts?
3. The two forms of plea bargaining are known as vertical and horizontal. What does that mean? Discuss examples of both.
Using the following as a reference: Meyer, J. F., & Grant, D. R. (2003). The courts in our criminal justice system. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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