"There have been as many as three recent examples of perfectly sane people who got themselves acquitted of murder by pleading "not guilty by reason of insanity"
Thus the "insanity" defense is nothing more than a legal technicality that allows dangerous criminals to evade the law" commits the fallacy of A) hasty generalization B) weak analogy C) false cause D) appeal to ignorance E) appeal to unqualified authority
A
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In the context of marriage, among Ashkenazi Jews, _____
A) ?monogamy has been the rule since the 900s C.E. B) ?intermarriage became illegal in the past century C) ?polygamy was permitted until the 1900s D) ?identity is traced through the father and not the mother
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Primoratz believes that torturers have a right not to be tortured, because of the
prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.Groups focusing on deep ecology seek to
a. transcend earthly barriers b. achieve oneness with the natural world c. divine the future through nature d. harness the power of nature for protection