What are drones and how are they being used in a military setting? What is the newest technology being applied to drones and what are some of the concerns with using drones?

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Domestically, drones are used for a variety of functions from commercial land surveys to law enforcement surveillance and border patrol. Drones can now be equipped with 1.8 gigapixel cameras, and listening devices. They can be equipped to fire missiles or crash into objects and detonating a bomb. The use of these types of drones are increasing with the approach of open air space provisions to be set into place in 2015, and constitutional scholars are concerned about their impact on protections against unlawful searches and broad surveillance. Since this is relatively new technology, and the advancement of drones is happening at a quick pace regulations have not been established, but safeguards, like usage limits, data retention, policies for civilians, police, and government, abuse prevention and accountability, and use as weapon all need to be addressed. Drones on foreign soil have been militarized and "weaponized," sometimes employed for the purposes of killing American terrorists. This is a direct conflict with protections found in the Fifth Amendment that guarantee of due process of law.

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A. It is the best source available to criminologists to assess the dark figure of crime. B. This number is a direct reflection of the number of crimes actually committed. C. Due to false reports, this number is larger than the number of crimes actually committed. D. Due to unreported crimes, this number is smaller than the number of crimes actually committed.

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It has become commonplace to give victims the right to make a statement at an offender's sentencing or parole hearings. These are known as "________ statements."

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