1. Chapter Nine Laws, Courts, and Justice

2. An Introduction to Texas’s Justice System

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-3 State Law in Texas Sources of Law Code Revision

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-4 Figure 9.1: Court Structure of Texas Reprinted Courtesy of the Office of Court Administration

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-5 Table 9.1: Texas Judges and Justices

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-6 Courts, Judges, and Lawyers Local Trial Courts County Trial Courts State Trial Courts Appellate Courts

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-7 Courts, Judges, and Lawyers Disciplining and Removing Judges and Justices Lawyers

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-8 Juries Grand Jury Trial Jury

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-9 Judicial Procedures Civil Justice System Civil Trial Procedure

10. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-10 Table 9.2: Selected Texas Noncapital Offenses, Penalties for First Offenders, and Courts Having Original Jurisdiction

11. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-11 Judicial Procedures Criminal Justice System Capital Punishment Criminal Trial Procedure

12. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-12 Correction and Rehabilitation The Texas Department of Criminal Justice State Institutions of Correction for Adults

13. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-13 Figure 9.2: Facilities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, August 2002 Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice

14. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-14 Correction and Rehabilitation Local Government Jails Private Prisons Supervision of Released Offenders

15. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-15 Table 9.3: Inmate Cost per Diem in Texas Criminal Justice Programs

16. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-16 Juvenile Justice State and Local Agencies Procedures and Institutions

17. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-17 Problems and Reforms: Implications for Public Policy Coping with Crowded Dockets Judicial Selection Technology Racial and Ethnic Diversity

18. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 9-18 Selected Reading “Josiah Sutton One Year Later: Waiting for Justice” by Mary Ann Fergus