The case of a convicted murderer has just crossed the desk of Governor Maxine Annabeth Flint. The convicted person is scheduled to be executed in two days. While there is no doubt about the inmate’s guilt, Governor Flint ran on an anti-death penalty platform. Does the Governor have an option that will allow her to fulfill her anti-death penalty goals in this situation while upholding the conviction?
a. Yes. The Governor can commute the inmate’s sentence to life in prison.
b. No. The Governor can only pardon the inmate and let him go free.
c. Yes. The Governor can exercise her line item veto on this inmate’s sentence.
d. No. The Governor can only accept that the execution must go forward.
a. Yes. The Governor can commute the inmate’s sentence to life in prison.
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a. Department of State. b. Attorney General’s Office. c. Department of Homeland Security. d. Department of Labor. e. Department of Commerce.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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a. Human rights can be appropriately restricted in one-party states. b. The list of human rights is complete and we cannot add anything to it. c. Human rights are the same for every person at every time and they cannot vary. d. Human rights belong to all men and all women, but there are variations in what specific human rights mean in practice in different societies.
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a. segregation. b. strict scrutiny. c. diversity rationale. d. de jure diversity. e. minority-majority rationale.