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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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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
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)
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.