The abuses of using hearsay at criminal trials were highlighted in the 1603 trial of Sir _____

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


Walter Raleigh

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Corpus delicti literally means "the body of the crime."

a. True b. False

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__________ uses the scientific method to study criminality

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Where evidence has been illegally seized by a government agent in violation of the Fourth Amendment, the current approach that excludes the illegally-seized evidence from trial to prove guilt

A) has the effect of directly punishing the police officers who have made a mistake. B) has the effect of placing the suspect and the government in the same position, legally and evidentially, that they would have occupied had the government agent not violated the law. C) gives a potential defendant a free pass from any further prosecution on crimes that the evidence would have helped prove. D) does not allow any use of the illegally seized evidence for any purpose under any circumstances. E) none of the above is a correct response.

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The simultaneous expectation by white officers that African American officers will give members of their own race better treatment, but that African American officers will also receive hostility from the African American community because they are perceived as traitors to their race is known as:

a. double marginality c. adverse impact b. de facto discrimination d. reverse discrimination

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