What options does a prosecutor have in modifying charges alleged by the police?

What will be an ideal response?


It is also very common for the prosecutor to modify the charges alleged by the police before moving the case forward. The prosecutor has the following options: they can drop some or all of the charges, they can add additional charges or they can reduce the charges.

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When an inmate mother is allowed to keep her newborn in prison with her, the primary purpose is to provide opportunity for infant and parent to __________ —an important developmental step for the child

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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All of the following are considered characteristics of countercultures EXCEPT:

a. claims of superiority over the dominant society b. members who reject spiritual leaders and refuse religion c. sexual relationships that deviate from the nuclear family ideal d. members who reject many of the status symbols of the larger society

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

1. Most hate crimes are reported. 2. Many victims of hate crimes fear being exposed as a gay, lesbian or transgendered to family or employers. 3. Many victims of hate crimes fear of being identified as an unauthorized immigrant and deportation. 4. The elderly or persons with disabilities fear retaliation and results in less victimization reporting. 5. Hostile, hateful speech, or other disrespectful or discriminatory behavior is illegal.

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When Tito died in 1980, the old nationalist desires of the various republics were reborn. Up to this time Serbs, Croats, and Muslims had lived side by side in a form of peaceful coexistence

a. True b. False

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