The Patriot Act gives intelligence agents more leeway when conducting surveillance
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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According to the Death Penalty Information Center, DNA evidence has helped ______ 20 people who previously faced the death penalty.
A. rehabilitate B. exonerate C. aggravate D. mitigate
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to research, juvenile sex offenders are less likely to reoffend than adult offenders. 2. The rate of recidivism for rapists increases with age. 3. The UCR, NIBRS, and NCVS all define sexual assault differently. 4. The majority of sexual assaults are never reported to law enforcement.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been extended to searches and seizures conducted by state and local law enforcement officers. 2. The Fourth Amendment contains a provision expressly prohibiting the use of evidence obtained through an unreasonable search and seizure. 3. For a search to be valid under the Fourth Amendment, police officers must have “probable cause,” or in certain instances “reasonable suspicion” to believe that a particular search will produce evidence of crime. 4. The Fourth Amendment applies to all premises and property, even premises and property that have been abandoned.
Joe Nosra, a prison inmate, left custody during a supervised tour of an industrial plant near the prison. A month later he was apprehended and prosecuted for the crime of escape. In his defense he claimed that he left custody to avoid being sexually
molested by another prisoner. The evidence disclosed that Nosra had made no endeavor to return to lawful custody. Which of the following statements is correct? a. There was no basis to charge Nosra because he was not within the prison at the time he left custody. b. The facts disclose that Nosra has a good defense to the charge of escape. c. Nosra may have had a good defense if he had turned himself in to police promptly after having escaped. d. None of these statements are correct.