1. By: Jackelyn Merino

2. Legislative Branch  Members:  Speaker of the house: votes on laws and discusses changes in them.  Speaker pro-temp.  Lieutenant Governor/ President of Senate: The president of the senate can control who gets to speak, what votes are taken and his/her most powerful duty is to vote in case of a tie. The Qualifications are: He/she needs to be a U.S citizen for 15 years, a legal resident of Georgia, and has to be an at least 30 years old.  Terms: Unlimited  President Pro-temp.  House of Representatives and Senate:  They propose laws, vote on bills, and propose constitutional amendments.

3. Judicial Branch  Appellate Courts:  Appellate courts are courts with permission to review decisions made by lower courts, and to hand down new decisions.  Examples:  Supreme Courts: is in some jurisdictions the highest body within that jurisdiction's court system. The judge is elected by the people.  Court of Appeals: is a court that is responsible to hear an appeal of a trail court or any lower courts system. The judge is elected by the people.  Trail Courts:  Trail courts are hears original cases when they first begin.  Examples  Probate court: are courts that hears about wills and estates(property). The judge is elected by the people.  Superior court: has unlimited jurisdiction to hear criminal or civil cases. The judge is elected by the people.  Juvenile courts: are courts that hears cases about juveniles. The judge is appointed by superior court judges.  State courts: hear about minor things like a misdemeanor s. The judge is also elected by the people.  Magistrate courts: hears cases of family law, bankruptcy and human law. The judge is elected by the people.  Municipal courts:

4. Criminal law and Civil Law  Criminal law is when someone breaks the law.  Civil Law is when two people are in court for divorce, someone getting sued, broken contract…etc.  Similarities of criminal and civil la is theft, it is a crime but it is also between two people.

5. Executive Branch Governor: Lieutenant Governor:  He/ she runs the state. He/she makes decisions of how things should be done in the state.  terms: 4 years; to be re- elected he/she needs to wait 4 more years.  Elected by the peope.  Qualifications: U.S citizen for 15 years and at least 30 years old.  He/she works in executive and legislative branch.  His/ her job is to be President of the senate and take over governor’s position if he/she dies.  Terms: 4 years; unlimited  Elected by the people.  Qualifications: U.S citizen for 15 years and at least 30 years old.

6. Juvenile Justice System  The juvenile justice system started in 1899 but first came to Georgia in 1911. The state recognized that children and adults shouldn’t be in prison together.  The difference between juvenile and adult court systems are: that the adults have the right to a jury and the juveniles do not.  Rights: are to be represented buy an attorney, to call witnesses, notify writings of charges, witness cross exam, and not to have their name or photo in the public.  To avoid getting into the juvenile system, you need to: 1. Choose the right friends 2. Don’t do drugs or alcohol 3. Don’t break any laws!