How might public opinion affect a prosecutor's decision to try a certain case?
a. Prosecutors conduct surveys of the community to determine which cases are most important.
b. Most prosecutors are elected, so their decisions should reflect community values.
c. Prosecutors have no discretion to try cases—they must bring every case they receive to court.
d. Prosecutors keep the community happy by having low conviction rates.
e. Public opinion does not affect prosecutorial decision-making.
b
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a) acts of family violence b) crimes committed against children under age twelve c) sex-related crimes d) gang violence
In __________ v. Alabama, the Supreme Court held that it would beunconstitutional "for the trial judge to accept a guilty plea without anaffirmative showing that it is intelligent and voluntary."
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Over the last 30 years or so, the prevalence trends for regular drug use and perceived risk form an almost exact mirror image of each other. As perceived risk goes up, the level of regular drug use goes down
a. True b. False
A potential threat to administrators' ability to manage the correctional system is _____________.
A. media coverage B. privatization C. personnel D. a divided public