The ban on cruel and unusual punishments requires that punishments be ____________ to the seriousness of the offense

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


proportional

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Gangs have organized voter registration drives

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is NOT an example where the Fourth Amendment may forbid entry into a dwelling to effect an arrest without a warrant, regardless of how likely the evidence is to be lost or destroyed?

a. pursuit of a drunk driver c. a fleeing misdemeanant b. pursuit of an underage drive d. a domestic assault

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The Kerner Commission was created by President Herbert Hoover in 1929 to study a wide range of issues in the American criminal justice system.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following propositions best explains the reasons for why Colombia’s FARC participated in the drug trade?

a. It was a pragmatic decision to provide financial resources for the movement. b. FARC was actually a criminal enterprise, and its professed ideological motivations were a ruse. c. There was competition from other insurgent enterprises. d. The FARC position was that drug consumption gave its fighters courage.

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