Which one of these defendants may not be executed under the Eighth Amendment?
a. An elderly defendant
b. Someone already serving a prison sentence
c. ?A defendant under the age of 18
d.?A first offender
c. ?A defendant under the age of 18
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The most common example of a metropolitan coordination problem is ________
A. local elections B. municipal street repair C. transportation D. education
In 1972, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) established the __________, which worked to eliminate discriminatory laws by developing a litigation strategy for ending gender-based discrimination
A) Women's Rights Project B) Women's League C) Women's Anti-Rights Project D) NAACP E) National Organization for Women
Why did Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Phillips say that Texas has "the most expensive judicial races in the world and the most politicized judicial races in the world"?
A. His intent was to explain why so few people wanted to run for judicial office in Texas. B. His intent was to explain why, when mixing money and politics, judges must dodge accusations that a decision was improperly influenced by a donor rather than by the law or facts of a certain case. C. He wanted to support the idea that the system ensures that qualified judges get elected. D. He wanted to show that the system provides equal opportunity to minority groups and whites because all one needs is to raise enough money and be a member of the right political party.
The Oprichnina was an organization in early Russian history that played the function of
A. a western political party. B. a paramilitary terrorist organization. C. a nationalist organization. D. a secret police network.