Mitigating circumstances are those that show the crime in a more dreadful light

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


False, mitigating make the murder appear less heinous.

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Sometimes the paralegal conducts the initial interview without the attorney present.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following statements about larceny is FALSE?

A. Most U.S. state criminal codes separate larceny into petit and grand larceny. B. Both the UCR and NCVS depict a steady increase in the number and rate of larcenies during the past decade. C. The FBI records about 5.7 million acts of larceny annually. D. The original definition of larceny did not include the misappropriation of goods by trickery or deceit.

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Sodomy was originally a (an) _________ offense, but became a felony in the later stages of the common law

a. civil b. misdemeanor c. capital d. ecclesiastical

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___________________ refers to the return of a former correctional client to criminal behavior, as measured by new arrests or other problems with the law.

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

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