The shooting of a dead person is not homicide because
a. there is no intent to kill
b. the person is not a "life in being"
c. it did not "hasten the inevitable"
d. there is no mens rea
B
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A. Rummel v. Estelle (1980) B. Lockyer v. Andrade (2003) C. Blakely v. Washington (2004) D. United States v. Booker (2005)
This Act created the Office for Victims of Crime.
A. Child Victims’ Bill of Rights B. Victims of Crime Act C. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act D. Federal Victim Witness Protection Act
__________ is specific behavior that is repeated over and over again when confronted with a specific situation.
a. Custom b. Habit c. Character d. Compulsion
The equal justice model calls for:
a. indeterminate sentences. b. mandatory sentences. c. treatment and rehabilitation. d. peacemaking, not punishment.