The appellate court may affirm the conviction of a defendant, even if there was trial error. The conviction will be upheld if the court finds that there was error which had little likelihood of changing the result of the trial. What is this rule commonly known as?
a. plain error rule
b. contemporaneous objection rule
c. harmless error rule
d. final judgment rule
c
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a. True b. False
Restorative justice approaches to offender sanctioning seek to restore ______ to a similar level of functioning to what existed prior to the commission of the criminal act.
A. the legal system B. the police C. the community D. crime
Which of the following is not an argument in favor of probation?
a. Probation allows the court to tailor a program to each juvenile offender. b. For youths who can be supervised in the community, probation represents an appropriate disposition. c. Probation is often the disposition of choice, particularly for status offenders. d. The justice system continues to have confidence in deterrence and accommodates for legal controls and public protection.
Looking only at victim statistics, police kill more young African American men than young Caucasian men
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false