Legal rules created in judges' decisions that serve to guide decisions in similar cases are called _____________

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precedent

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Those inmates considered good risks but who become dangerous when released and commit new, violent offenses are:

A) false negatives. B) true positives. C) true negatives. D) false positives.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has held that a right of privacy is NOT implicit in

A. the First Amendment right of free association. B. the Third Amendment protection against the quartering of soldiers in private homes. C. the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. D. the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

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In Coker v. Georgia (1977), the Supreme Court allowed the death sentence for the crime of rape of an adult

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Fourth Amendment does not protect documents in public or ____________________ view

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