Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The federal courts and all 50 state courts require juries to produce unanimous verdicts.
2. The federal courts and all 50 state courts require juries to produce unanimous verdicts.
3. State constitutions are allowed to provide more rights than are granted by the U.S. Constitution.
4. State constitutions are allowed to remove some of the rights granted by the U.S. Constitution.
5. Most “common crimes,” such as murder and robbery, are heard in the federal courts.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A. the community-oriented period B. the traditional or political period C. the profiling period D. the professional period

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