Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. If two laws punish exactly the same act or omission, and they are in conflict, the last law passed takes control.
2. The defendant is never entitled to the benefit of every reasonable doubt; he is always guilty until proven innocent.
3. California law is based on the “letter” of the law as opposed to the “spirit” of the law.
4. A defendant has the ability to get both a preliminary hearing and a Grand Jury Hearing.
5. An infraction cannot be punished by imprisonment.
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T
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Under County of Riverside v. McLaughlin (1991) a detention is presumptively unconstitutional if a person is held for longer than _______________ hours after an arrest before being taken before a magistrate
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Femicide is:
a. The killing of women because of their gender. b. Committed by non-family members. c. Another label for homicide. d. Done out of respect for women.
The United Kingdom’s Centre for Investigative Psychology focuses on a(n) ______ approach to criminal scene profiling, while the Federal Bureau of Investigation focuses on a(n) ______ approach.
A. behavioral; geographical B. geographical; behavioral C. clinical; actuarial D. actuarial; clinical
Leo Lincoln has made a series of bad decisions since losing his job two years ago. In the past two years, he has been arrested three times for various crimes, including drug possession, possession of illegal firearms, and most recently, aggravated assault. He also has spent much of the past two years either in jail or on probation. At his sentencing hearing after his recent conviction for aggravated assault, the judge sentenced Leo to life in prison as a result of laws in the state of California which call for the doubling of the sentences of felons who have two prior convictions for serious crimes. The California laws that allow judges to double the sentences of felons, like Leo, who have two prior convictions for serious crimes are called:
A. recidivist laws. B. three-strikes laws. C. mandatory laws. D. attentive laws.