In the case of Powell v. Alabama (1932), nine black youths in Scottsboro, Alabama, were arrested and charged with raping two young white women. What due process right were these defendants denied?
a. They were denied bail.
b. They were denied adequate counsel.
c. They were denied a public trial.
d. They were denied a speedy trial.
b. They were denied adequate counsel.
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In 1899 the ________________Juvenile Court Act created a juvenile court, separate in form and function from adult criminal courts
To avoid the lasting stigma of criminality, the law applied the term delinquent rather than criminal to young adjudicated offenders, and that is the model we use today. a. New York b. Illinois c. Rhode Island d. Pennsylvania
In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court recognize the need for emergency searches without a warrant?
a. Arkansas v. Sanders b. Mincey v. Arizona c. Maryland v. Buie d. Warden v. Hayden
Which of the following is not true of Bentham’s view of criminal law and corrections?
a. the belief that criminals were somewhat childlike or unbalanced, lacking the self-discipline to control their passions by reason b. the belief that criminal law should be reformed so that it would emphasize deterrence and prevention c. the belief that capital punishment should be used even on minor offenses to deter others and to weed out “bad seeds” d. the belief that the goal of corrections was not to avenge an illegal act, but to prevent commission of such an act in the first place
One of the factors in determining the reasonableness of a search pursuant to a search warrant depends on the manner in which the police enter the place that the warrant authorizes them to search
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false