What are the most recent changes by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding federal sentencing guidelines?
What will be an ideal response?
In United States v. Booker the Court held that the federal sentencing guidelines are unconstitutional but judges may use them as advisory information. In later cases, the Court held that judges may sentence defendants more leniently than the guidelines prescribe, particularly in crack cocaine cases (Kimbrough v. United States, 2007).
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According to research by Little and Steinberg (2006), which was not a factor related to an adolescent's tendency to sell drugs on a regular basis?
a) poor neighborhood conditions b) parental substance use or abuse c) low neighborhood job opportunity d) academic performance
What Fourth Amendment issues are most salient to the investigation of computer crime?
What will be an ideal response?
President Bush issued an executive order stripping the Taliban from protection under the Third Geneva Convention, what federal agency carried out the interrogation process:
a. FBI b. CIA c. DOD d. NCTC
The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that the likelihood of a black female being raped during her lifetime is nearly one out of every __________ females
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word