The is the requirement that a person claiming self-defense prove that she or he took reasonable steps to avoid the conflict that resulted in the use of deadly force

What will be an ideal response?


duty to retreat

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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President George W. Bush sold his stock in Harkin Oil for an $835,000 profit eight days before huge losses were disclosed and Harkin stock value dropped like a rock. Bush denied any prior knowledge about the red ink in the audit report. This was unusual in that:

A. he signed the report. B. he was president of the company at the time. C. he was a member of the audit committee. D. his degree is in accounting.

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The increasing harshness of sentencing given to offenders who would have traditionally been sentenced to probation is known as:

A. phishing B. mission creep C. net widening D. discretionary abuse

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If you were to predict inner qualities from people's physical appearance, you would be a proponent of which of the following studies?

A) psychoanalytic B) physiognomy C) psychiatry D) socio-analogy

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