Explain the significance of Estelle v. Gamble (1976).

What will be an ideal response?


Deliberate indifference to inmate medical needs constitutes cruel and unusual
punishment, and is therefore unconstitutional.

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Which stage of probation revocation proceedings provides the offender an opportunity to refute the evidence provided?

a. Preliminary hearing b. Hearing stage c. Arraignment d. Sentencing stage

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Federal officers conducted a unreasonable search of a home using outrageous techniques that produced no incriminating evidence

Federal officers possessed a warrant, but the warrant had been issued to search the house across the street that had one digit difference in the street address. No prosecution against the owner/occupier of the home was ever initiated by federal authorities. The federal law enforcement officers A) may not be sued since a federal officers possess sovereign immunity. B) may be sued in federal court for damages only if the wronged homeowner was innocent of any criminal wrongdoing. C) may be sued by the wronged homeowner whether the homeowner was an innocent party or was a guilty party because the homeowner's rights were outrageously violated. D) may not be sued because the Congress has never passed a law that allows lawsuits against federal law enforcement officials, even in cases of outrageous conduct. E) must apologize for their outrageous conduct, and such apology eliminates any possible lawsuit for damages.

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Police work involves a lot of flexibility and options. The formal term for this is:

a. discretion. b. compulsion. c. mandates. d. directionality.

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Which chromosomes have the same shape and contain the same genes?

a. genes b. autosomes c. (XX) d. introns

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