When may the right to a public trial not apply?

What will be an ideal response?


The right to a public trial can be waived by government-sought closure or defense-sought closure.

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Historically, the cutoff point between a successful probation program and an unsuccessful one is a recidivism rate of:

a. 25 percent. b. 30 percent. c. 40 percent. d. 50 percent.

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A Supreme Court justice claimed, “To put people behind walls and bars and do little or nothing to change them is to win a battle but lose a war. It is wrong. It is expensive. It is stupid.” Who was it?

a. Thurgood Marshall b. Clarence Thomas c. Warren Burger d. Earl Warren

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The most sensitive aspect of records on persons arrested is the possibility of including in the file unsubstantiated information that might be _______, _________, or _________ - information that disseminated to the wrong person could prove damaging and provide cause for a civil action against the police agency.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)

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Attacks launched on multiple targets at the same time are known as:

a. strain attacks b. umbrella attacks c. swarming attacks d. complex attacks

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