Under what circumstances would the defendant make a motion to dismiss charges?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: • The interests of justice may so require it.
• The original allegation may be unfounded.
• The evidence may have been unlawfully obtained.
• A material witness may no longer be available to testify.

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Briefly discuss the underlying moral dilemma contained in the practice of deceptive interrogation, providing at least one example

What will be an ideal response?

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Credit card number theft, PIN capturing, database theft, and other such forms of crime will:

a. Compel the police to become more sophisticated in their investigative abilities b. Probably not occur in the foreseeable future c. Pose little challenge for police investigators d. Result in very little attention being given to international terrorists

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Employees who steal are frequently involved in other counterproductive workplace activities

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In the Hate Crimes Statistics Act of 1990, bias crimes are offenses that are motivated by hatred against a victim based on race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or national origin

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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