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

1. Overall, evidence does not suggest that juries are either significantly more or significantly less likely than judges to acquit white collar crime defendants.
2. According to the text, given the nature of white collar crime cases, judges are somewhat less vulnerable to error than juries.
3. The death penalty has never been imposed on a convicted white collar offender in the United States.
4. According to the text, judges are uniformly more lenient with convicted white collar crime defendants than with convicted conventional crime defendants.
5. Although community service sentences are not typical, they are more likely to be used in white collar crime cases than in conventional crime cases.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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