Access control devices and metal detectors have been removed in many courthouses because the threat level is declining
a. True
b. False
b
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According to Scheck and Neufeld, DNA testing will sharply reduce the problems of wrongful convictions
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
When performing a professional function that involves the exercise of discretion as to core functions, the prosecutor enjoys _______________ _______________ from civil lawsuits
Fill in the blank with correct word.
When a test measures what it purports to measure, it is then said to have some measurable level of what?
a. Validity b. Superiority c. Relevancy d. Reliability
Where a defendant has not been successful in getting a reversal of a conviction at the court of appeals level, that the best chance of having a state supreme court decide to review a court of appeals decision
A) exists where two separate courts of appeal have decided a similar issue to the defendant's issue in a completely different manner. B) occurs when the defendant who is appealing has an attorney who understands the legal "hurdles that need to be jumped" in order to have a state supreme court hear a case. C) occurs when the a defendant has a privately retained attorney rather than a state-appointed appellate attorney. D) B and C are both correct responses. E) none of the above is a correct response.