Can most judges be considered truly impartial? Why do you feel this way?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Answers should address the idea that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the right to an impartial judge according to the Supreme Court. There can be no direct interest by the judge in the outcome of the case. An important point for discussion is that it is usually the judge who decides (upon challenge) whether he or she can be fair. The concepts of cause, peremptory challenge, and recusal should be addressed. Students should take a position and defend it in light of the above concepts.
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Offender classification is expected to totally eliminate prison violence. 2. Differential association theory is the premise behind most classification programs that seek to separate low-risk inmates from high-risk inmates? 3. Historically, the majority of all offenders were housed together within correctional facilities. 4. Zebulon Brockway is best known for creating the Irish penal system. 5. Maconochie’s mark system is considered a form of indeterminate sentencing.
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a. True b. False
International crimes can be tried
A. by the United Nations. B. by the United States. C. in the courts of countries that recognize those crimes or by international courts. D. at Guantanamo Bay.