Distinguish mail fraud from wire fraud

What will be an ideal response?


• Mail fraud is use of mail to further a scheme to defraud or obtain money or property by means of a false or fraudulent pretense. Originally, the statute applied only to the illegal use of the United States Postal Service. In 1994, the law was extended to include private interstate delivery services, such as UPS and FedEx.
• Wire fraud is the use of any interstate electronic communication network to defraud or obtain money or property by means of a false or fraudulent pretense.

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The Saudi Arabian arrangements for constitutional review is probably closest to that in:

a. England b. China c. Japan d. France

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Bentham suggested that, when contemplating decisions and actions, we can quantify potential pleasures and pains along a number of dimensions. He referred to this process of quantification as:

a. The pleasure equation. b. The felicity calculus. c. The intensity range. d. The certainty continuum.

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Several safeguards have been put in place to enable the adversarial system to reach the truth. First, evidence is tested under this approach through _________________of witnesses

Fill in the blanks with correct word

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In probation proceedings, _____________ is not automatic.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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