What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Jackson v. Indiana?

A) Psychoactive medication could not be given to incompetent defendants.
B) Psychoactive medication could not be given to defendants found insane.
C) Incompetent defendants could not be hospitalized indefinitely if no progress was made to restore them.


C

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a. It stalled after wasting time for a week and no conclusion was reached. b. It nearly resulted in another world war when several countries withdrew from the United Nations because of it. c. Several definitions were submitted and because none could gather a majority vote, no official definition resulted. d. They handed the issue to global researches and have committed themselves to whatever definition they come up with.

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Research consistently demonstrates that sex offenders have a recidivism rate that is:

A. higher than the rate for all other offender categories. B. lower than the rate for all other offender categories. C. the same as the rate for all other offender categories. D. it is impossible to determine.

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What are status offenses? How does the juvenile justice system rationalize its involvement with this type of offense?

What will be an ideal response?

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What will be an ideal response?

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