List several examples of when it would be inappropriate for a prosecutor to bring charges against someone

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Answers should focus on selective and vindictive prosecution. Selective prosecution issues include targeting individuals on the basis of being part of a group, aggressively pursuing conspicuous individuals, targeting the most significant offender in a group of offenders, and pretextual prosecution (charging a lesser crime because the more serious one is not warranted). Vindictive prosecution issues include charging motivated by revenge, increasing charges after a successful appeal, prosecutors increasing charges at the pretrial stage motivated by a desire to punish a defendant for doing something authorized by law.

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a. True b. False

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This organization collects annual data on the number of deaths and violent attacks against homeless individuals ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following is the ?Christian burial? case in which the Supreme Court held that the police violated the suspect?s Sixth Amendment rights by deliberately engaging in conduct designed to elicit incriminating information?

A) Miranda v. Arizona B) United States v. Henry C) Brewer v. Williams D) Kuhlmann v. Wilson E) None of the above

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“Lone wolf” acts of political violence refer to ______.

a. eco-terrorism by groups like the Earth Liberation Front b. terrorism carried out by members and agents of established terrorist organizations c. terrorism that is useful for intimidating neutral and undecided individuals d. terrorism carried out by an individual person

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