The judicial process will depend on whether it is a civil case or a criminal case. There are 4 levels of court cases that can be done. The first level is the Court of Common Pleas. All cases start off with this court. The Court of Common Pleas will handle all initial cases with the higher courts dependent on the judge that would handle the case. Therefore, the judge within the District Court will decide if the case should be heard. This can be done all the way up to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will be handled differently since it is the national court system.
Civil cases are not handled by a jury, but an individual judge will determine guilt. If the plaintiff is to blame, then the defendant will win the case, and the judge will determine any punitive damages in addition to the damages sought in the counter-suit. If the plaintiff wins, then the court will award the plaintiff with an amount including any punitive damages. No matter whom lost, the loser of the Common Pleas case will be able to file an appeal. The District Court will then decide if the case will be heard. This will be done by a thorough review of the case to determine if everything was done correctly. If the District Judge does not recognize any issues, then the case will not be heard by the District Court, and the case will be closed with the winner being granted with whatever the winnings is. The courts will award the winner with the monetary winnings as well as any material assets that the winner wished to have. The loser will be responsible for paying the courts with a payment plan. If the loser does not pay the court based on the amount won, then the loser can be found in contempt of court. The judge can then issue a warrant.
Criminal cases are handled different. The High Prosector office will file a criminal complaint. The defendant will be required to appear for a preliminary hearing. Both sides will state their cases, and from there – the judge will decide if the defendant must surrender to the prison system. This will likely only happen if the defendant is a potential threat to society, or an elopement risk. If not, the defendant will be required to wear an ankle monitor, and required to install an app on their phone. The app will send location, and activity data the probation board. The defendant will also be provided with a court appointed public defender. This will happen unless the defendant dismisses the attorney. This will likely only happen if the defendant has their own attorney that they wish to represent the defendant. A jury of 10 will be decided by both the prosecutor, and the defending attorney. There must be a reason of why the juror will be dismissed. The jury will hear the case, and will have 7 days to find the defendant guilty, or innocent. If found guilty, the judge will hand down the sentence. If found not guilty, the defendant is released from any form of custody including the permission to remove the app, and have their ankle bracelet removed. If the defendant does anything to violate the house arrest, then the defendant will be held in contempt of court, and issue a warrant. Once arrested, the defendant will have the opportunity to answer to the judge, and will likely spend his remaining time in a jail until the hearing concludes. If found guilty of the crime accused of, the judge will hand down the sentence, and the time served in jail will be subtracted from the sentence as time served. The defendant will have the opportunity to appeal the case which the District Court will decide to hear the case. If so, a new jury is selected, and the court will hear the case. If found innocent, then the defendant will receive 1% of poverty per day the defendant spent in prison + the amount lost from their GBI that they would have otherwise received. Therefore, serving 100 days will issue 100% of poverty as payment + 2 months of GBI since each month in prison is 50% of GBI. The defendant can also file a civil suit against the High Prosecutor’s office for punitive damages (assuming they win).