Imagine you are a law student and a firm believer in the crime control process; you believe that defendants tend to get off too lightly when they take a plea bargain. Your professor, a former lawyer, believes that the due process model is the reason that plea bargaining should be avoided. He puts you on the spot in a class discussion, asking you to defend your reasoning, despite your lack of experience. How do you respond?
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses may vary.
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Benn (1998) suggests that it is unrealistic to discount talents and abilities, as Rawls proposes in the ______.
a. veil of ignorance b. perspective of origin c. original position d. difference of virtues
In the Supreme Court case of Arizona v. Gant, the Court limited the Fourth Amendment search authority of a passenger compartment of a vehicle to which circumstance?
A) The police may search a vehicle incident to a recent occupant?s arrest only if the arrestee is within reaching distance of the passenger compartment at the time of the search. B) It is reasonable to believe the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of the arrest. C) Both A and B D) None of the above.
Explain the balancing test created by the Court in the case of Turner v. Safley.
What will be an ideal response?
Flesh flies: a. arrive within minutes of death and feed on the sweat, blood, urine, and feces of the body. b. arrive within minutes of death and lay eggs on the body
c. arrive within minutes of death and deposit living larvae onto the flesh. d. All of the above.