CheckPoint: Court System Structure I

Question

* Resource: The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System

* Due Date: Day 2, 10/20/2009 [Individual forum]

* Review Ch. 4 in The Courts in Our Criminal Justice System.

* Write a 200- to 300-word response comparing the state court system in which you live and the federal court system. If you are not a resident of
the United States, choose any state’s court system to compare with the federal court system. Compare these two systems by structure, source
of laws, and the types of cases that are heard.

Answer 1

Please note that your School Subject is not college! It is probably Criminal Justice or something like that.

Have you read Chapter 4?

Have you researched the court system in your state?

What similarities and differences have you found?