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Crjs101-1302b-07 Unit 4 Ip Pg. 3

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Officers must conduct a pretrial service investigation. They will have to gather and verify important information about defendant(s) suitability for pretrial release. When Officers are notified that defendant(s) have been arrested, this is when the investigation begins. The arresting agent will place a call to the pretrial service office with information about the defendant, and the circumstances surrounding the arrest (Pretrial Services, n. d.). Officers must interview defendant(s); this is done to determine the defendant’s source of support, activities, living situation, and employment (Pretrial Services, n. d.). Prior to the interview a criminal history check will be performed, the officer may need to speak to the Assistant U.S. Attorney about the charges and the Government’s position for a decision to be made in deciding to release or detain the defendant. The interview must take place in the U.S. Marshal’s holding cell, local jail, pretrial services office, or law enforcement agency’s office (Pretrial Services, n. d.). Officers speak to defendants in private and must remain objective during the interaction. The officer explains that information will be used to determine defendant’s release or whether or not he/she will be detained. Pretrial Service Officers must never discuss alleged offense, guilt, or innocence and does not provide legal advice or recommend an attorney (Journalists Guide, 2011). Pretrial Service Officers must verify information received from the defendant(s) because any information the officer receives could confirm what he/she has said, contradict it, or provide something more (Pretrial Service, n. d.). A jury is selected through preemptory challenges or strikes. If it is a Capital case then each side gets twenty preemptory challenges. During a Felony case the Government has six preemptory challenges and the defendant has five. When the

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