According to DNA exonerations, what percentage of wrong convictions come from innocent people confessing to crimes they didn't commit?

a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 50 percent
d. 30 percent


b

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Which of the following is a true statement about selection of judges in different states?

A. Judges are elected based on a subjective definition of merit in Kentucky. B. Judges are required to affiliate themselves with political parties in Missouri. C. Judges are chosen by nonpartisan elections in Alabama. D. Judges are appointed by the governor in New Jersey.

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Organizational change can be divided into which of the following two basic categories?

A. Proactive and reactive B. Upward and downward C. Outside and inside D. Unplanned and reactive

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An individual who is victimized in a country outside the one they live in is referred to as a ______.

A. international victim B. trafficked victim C. cross-border victim D. foreign victim

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Andrew Von Hirsch's just desserts form of sentencing argued that rehabilitation should be irrelevant to the parole decision, and use a determinate sentence relative to the severity of the crime

a. True b. False

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