The duties of the judicial branch include:
Interpreting state laws;
Settling legal disputes;
Punishing violators of the law;
Hearing civil cases;
Protecting individual rights granted by the state constitution;
Determing the guilt or innocence of those accused of violating the criminal laws of the state;
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Many territories in the west became states when prospectors found gold or silver. These places became boomtowns which then became states due to a population increase.
The Europeans had guns and the natives had sticks and rocks.
