Making an arrest
Case study: the law grabs Johnny Peavy
Overview of the court process
Law
Criminal justice system
Adversary and accusatory features
Court system
Bringing charges
Case study: the defense searches for an alibi
Procedural description
First appearance
Classification
Grand jury
Information
Preliminary hearing
Arraignment
Discovery
Discovery deposition and subpoena
Preparing for trial
Case study: the prosecution links a missing gun to murder
Procedural description
Right to counsel
Hiring an attorney or having one assigned
Pretrial preparation
Motions
Continuance, speedy trial, and statute of limitations
Change of venue
Motion to suppress evidence
Motion for severance
Incompetency
Gag order
Selecting the jury
Case study: Finding a dozen to sit in judgment
Procedural description
Obtaining jurors
Challenges
Juror roles
The trial
Case study: Cold-blooded killer or innocent man wrongly accused?
Day one: polar positions in the courtroom
Day two: presenting the evidence
Day three: theorizing a motive
Day four: witness and testimony
Day five: weapons talk
Day six: Peavy's "Confessors"
Day seven: testimony from the experts
Day eight: where the killer stood
Day nine: a portrait of Harrison
Day ten: closing arguments
Procedural description
Opening statements
Direct examination
Cross-examination
objections and motions
closing arguments
Jury instructions and the verdict
Sentencing
Case study: life-or-death decision
Procedural description
Presentence investigation
Sentences
Sentencing Hearing
Legal remedies
Case study: controversy still churns
Procedural description
Direct remedies
Trail remedies
Appellate remedies
Postconviction remedies
Habeas Corpus remedies
Coram Nobis remedies
Procedure for postconviction relief
Non-judicial remedies.