The ________ defense has been used in cases involving wives who have killed their husbands after suffering years of abuse

A) insanity
B) provocation
C) duress
D) necessity


B) provocation

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The remedy for an illegal arrest is simply a release from custody

a. True b. False

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The Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Program was created to evaluate abuse and neglect perpetrated by ______.

A. familial caretakers B. the elderly person him or herself C. in-home nurse’s aids D. institutional caretakers

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Several decades ago, in Smith v. United States, the Federal Appeals Court announced that the test for identifying obscenity was whether to the average person applying contemporary standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole,

appeals to the prurient interest. a. True b. False

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______ were hit harder than ______ in the recession that began in 2006.

A. Non-Whites; Whites B. Whites; non-Whites C. Women; men D. Men; women

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