________ is the guiding principle of the U.S. legal system, which states that no single person is more powerful than the law.

A. The rule of law
B. The reasonable suspicion law
C. Durham law
D. McNaughtan law


Answer: A

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1. Asian Americans receive harsher sentences on average than Whites or African Americans. 2. In 1988, Congress passed the U.S. Sentencing Commission Report which established a 100 to 1 quantity ratio differential between powder and crack cocaine. 3. The PSI is not an important document in regard to sentencing. 4. In the federal system, probation officers create the PSI.

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The following are bivariate analyses that SPSS can conduct with the exception of ______.

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