Explain the history of the 12-person jury requirement. Do you think it is important to have a minimum/maximum number of jurors? Why?

What will be an ideal response?


Originally Supreme Court said 12-person jury requirement but the decision has since been reversed.

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A missing adult or missing person case requires many of the same procedures that are followed in cases of missing children or juveniles

a. True b. False

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In contrast to a useless trace amount, a quantity of an illegal drug sufficient to be used is called a _____

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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In conducting a warrantless search incident to a lawful arrest, police may search the person being arrested and the area ____________

a. under person's ownership b. within that person's normal sphere of activity c. within that person's immediate control d. None of these

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Competent evidence is reliable, relevant evidence that _____

a. is not excluded by additional rules of evidence b. is subject to the exclusionary rule c. cannot be heard by the jury d. is offered to impeach a witness

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