In 1972 in Furman v. Georgia, the court decided that the discretionary imposition of the death penalty was ____________ under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
cruel and unusual punishment
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Spree murder is the homicide of four or more victims during a single event at one location
a. True b. False
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An approach that holds that areas of concentrated crime maintain their high rates over a long period, even when the composition of the population changes rapidly, because delinquent "values" become cultural norms and are passed from one generation to the next.
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The way that police officers and their lives are depicted on television is an accurate portrayal
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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In most U.S. states, GPS tracking is used for a. sex offenders
b. property offenders. c. drug offenders. d. violent offenders.
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