the high court and provided us with the structure that we use today.
             In the United States we use a dual court system, which means that we have one national courts system plus separate court systems in each 50 states and the District of Columbia. The state and federal court systems share some judicial powers, but there are some examples where one crime is punishable under federal law and another crime may be punishable under the state law or vice-versa. This to some may seem conflicting, which in some cases can be, but for the most part this allows the federal government to focus on specific crimes that they feel are of higher punishing than those "minor" crimes that can be handled by the states. The separate court systems does add discretion when dealing with crimes at the separate levels and this is why the framers of the constitution created two parts that would work side by side in the criminal justice system so that no offender would face the chances of being punished for the same crime twice which would be called double jeopardy.
             (America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System,2009) "The different types of cases a court may here are separated by the power of jurisdiction, this means that the court may decide which case will be heard or disputed. Jurisdiction can be divided into different geographical locations and venues, meaning that someone who has committed a crime in Texas by law cannot be punished for this crime in California or any other state. Venue refers to the particular location or area in which a court has geographic jurisdiction over. There are also subdivisions that can divide these venues into smaller areas, determined by city or county boundaries". Since you cannot legally be punished in another state for a crime committed somewhere else, the state does have the option to extradite that criminal and surrender their rights of a criminal accused and send them to the state ...