Criminal Justice System- Sophie Durlacher

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Police officers will question the arrested person. This can go on for up to 72 hours. After this the police have three options.

• Let the person go.

• Ask a magistrate for 24hours more questioning time.

• Charge the person.

Charging a person means formally

accusing them of a crime, To do

this police must think that there

is enough evidence to link them to

the offence.

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A charged person goes to the magistrates court. The charge sheet that explains what the person is accused of will be read out.

The solicitor might ask for bail. The magistrates will decide whether to remand into custody or on bail.

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A charged person goes to the magistrates court. The charge sheet that explains what the person is accused of will be read out.

This means they are charged with a crime but can go free until they appear in court again.

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The person who committed the crime and the solicitor will write down what they said happened.

The police will help other people who saw what happened write down what they saw. They are called

witnesses.

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The Crown Prosecution

Service (CPS) gather all the

information from the police and use this to decide if the person did commit

the crime.

The person who committed the crime goes to the magistrates court. There is no jury in a magistrates court, only magistrates. The magistrates make all the decisions. The defendant can say whether they are guilty or not guilty.

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If the defendant says they are guilty, then the magistrates make a

decision on a punishment. If they say they are no

guilty then the CPS tells the court why they think

they are guilty.

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For the most serious crimes, like murder, the defendant has to go to

the Crown Court.