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A criminal case will not go to trial if the defendant pleads guilty at a preliminary hearing or if the prosecution decides to discontinue the case (usually because they think the evidence is not strong enough for a reasonable chance of conviction).
Probably not, but you can keep updated on the trial through the news.
A "bench trial" is a trial before a judge sitting without a jury. The judge alone decides the case.
My Trial as a War Criminal was created in 1949.
There was minute-by-minute television coverage.
The sides in a civil trial are the same as a criminal trial. There is a plaintiff and a defendant. In a criminal trial the plaintiff is usually the jurisdictioni charging the defendant.
Barabbas was the criminal that was released at the trial of Jesus.
In a general criminal trial court, the key roles include the judge who presides over the trial and ensures that proper legal procedures are followed, the prosecution (usually a district attorney or government attorney) who presents the evidence against the defendant, the defense attorney who represents the accused, the defendant who is the person accused of committing the crime, and the jury (unless the trial is a bench trial) who listens to the evidence and decides the verdict.
In the United States, the criminal trial comes first, then comes the civil trial. (In some states, such as North Carolina, civil penalties can be accessed at the criminal trial.)
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A judge typically decides which cases should proceed to trial based on the evidence presented by the prosecuting attorney during a preliminary hearing. However, in some jurisdictions, a grand jury may also determine whether there is enough evidence to proceed to trial.