In Texas v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled that:
a. certain confession are inadmissible in court proceedings.
b. political contributions to judicial campaigns from corporations should be limited.
c. flag burning is a form of political expression protected by the First Amendment.
d. the Supreme court should have both limited and original jurisdiction.
e. the Supreme Court can overrule a law made by the Congress if it is unconstitutional.
Answer: c
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Column 1 Column 2 1. Ad hoc plea bargaining a. A guilty plea in which the defendant admits to the crime, but not necessarily all elements of it 2. Alford plea b. Statutes that offer incentives for pleading guilty 3. Judicial inducements c. Offers made by the prosecution to the defendant 4. Plea bargaining d. A term used to describe some of the strange concessions that defendants agree to make as part of prosecutors' decisions to secure guilty 5. Prosecutorial inducements e. "The defendant's agreement to plead guilty to a criminal charge with the reasonable expectation of receiving some consideration from the state" 6. Statutory inducements f. When a judge offers something to the defendant in exchange for a guilty plea 7. Charge bargaining g. The defense negotiates to havethe defendant charged with fewer counts of a certain offense 8. Sentence bargaining h. The prosecutor's ability to negotiate with the defendant in terms of the charges that could be filed 9. Count bargaining i. A plea a defendant enters that is akin to saying "I do not contest this" 10. Nolo contendere j. When the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a less serious sentence
The flow of evidence in a criminal case for forensic purposes is best illustrated by the following continuum:
A) search of crime scene, collection physical evidence, clerical section, laboratory analysis B) clerical section goes to search then the crime scene and back to the laboratory C) collection of evidence, search of crime scene, analysis D) None of the above
A disadvantage of mixed survey design is that responses could differ because of the mode in which the question is being asked.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)