Although governments and their employees acting in an official capacity are bound by the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, individual defendants are not similarly bound and so are permitted to use peremptory juror challenges to
remove prospective jurors by using race or gender as the determining factor.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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Graham v. Florida stands for the proposition that a life sentence without parole for juveniles violates the Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishment clause
a. True b. False
Parole is ______.
a. the most formal sanction or confinement b. an appeal to a higher court c. an early release condition d. a recommendation made by the jury
Choose two roles you currently play or would like to play in the criminal justice process. Explain how you fit into these two roles, and include how the decisions you make in these roles are relevant to criminal justice.
What will be an ideal response?
The Sixth Amendment guarantee of the right to a jury trial has been interpreted
A) to apply to every federal criminal trial regardless of the potential sentence. B) to have application at federal criminal trials only because state constitutions contain individual guarantees of the right to a jury trial. C) to require that a twelve-person jury hear all state cases where the right to a jury trial exists. D) to apply to state and federal criminal trials only if a defendant has the ability to pay court costs if the defendant receives a conviction. E) to apply to state criminal procedure through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.