One argument against the death sentence is its _____________________, or the concern that an innocent person will be wrongly convicted and subsequently executed
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
fallibility
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Discuss some of the primary duties of the prosecutor.
What will be an ideal response?
The stated purpose of ______ was to remove impressionable youth, mainly boys but also girls, from the contamination that association with more hardened criminals would bring.
a. houses of solace b. houses of refuge c. houses of authority d. youth authority
According to Edwin Lemert, ______ deviance occurs when the offender tries to rationalize the behavior as a temporary aberration or sees it as part of a socially acceptable role.
A. primary B. secondary C. tertiary D. initial
How are the courts likely to handle instances where a criminal defendant shows that a police identification procedure was suggestive?
a. automatically exclude the results of the procedure b. exclude the results only after weighing the suggestibility evidence against factors indicative of reliability c. admit the evidence unless defendant can show definitive harm d. admit the evidence unless the defendant has no civil law recourse