Describe the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
What will be an ideal response?
In terms of habeas corpus actions filed in federal courts, the act:•Imposed a strict deadline for filing a habeas petition within one year of the underlying state court judgment becoming final•Limited successive petitions•Restricted the review of petitions by state prisoners if the claim was adjudicated on the merits in state courts•Required a "certificate of appealability" before a habeas petition could be appealed to a federal court of appeals•Provided that decisions of a federal appellate panel are not appealable by writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court
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Rawls contends that any ______ must benefit everyone, but in particular, it must benefit the least advantaged.
a. punishment b. judgment c. inequality d. difference
_______________________ is a cluster of antisocial behaviors that may include family dysfunction, substance abuse, smoking, precocious sexuality and early pregnancy, educational underachievement, suicide attempts, sensation seeking, and unemployment, as well as delinquency
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another is called:
a. kidnapping. b. false imprisonment. c. unlawful detainer. d. grand imprisonment.
This individual is credited with creating the first private detective agency in the United States:
a. Allan Pinkerton b. Robert Peel c. Teddy Roosevelt d. James Weatherall