Certain statutory offenses exist in which mens rea is not essential. These offenses fall within a category known as:

a. torts.
b. strict liability crimes.
c. mala in se crimes.
d. stare decisis.


b

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1. One of the oldest American prisons was a copper mine. 2. The first jail built in America was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1790. 3. Rotary jails were like squirrel cages segmented into small, “pie-shaped cells” that the sheriff could spin at will. 4. The Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also served as a mine. 5. Debtors’ prisons were outlawed in America after the Revolutionary War.

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Computers in patrol vehicles have decreased total reliance on _______ to search for information

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What was it that the Saudis needed to rely on to effectively deal with al Qaeda operatives and sympathizers

a. The FBI b. Interpol c. CIA d. their own security apparatus

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The death penalty appears to be an effective general deterrent

a. True b. False

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