Every country has the authority to decide how it will determine which individuals will be punished for committing crimes. In some systems, the police or the army may have complete authority to identify and punish wrongdoers. The individual suspect may have no ability to question the law-enforcement officers’ decisions or swift imposition of . In the United States, however, criminal procedure has been established to ensure that only guilty defendants receive punishment and to protect the... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2022. 3p.