Where defendants have been physically tortured under police or mob direction, the introduction of subsequent coerced confession against defendants in a state criminal trial must result in reversal of any resulting convictions

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

Composed of managers, experts and users, the ________ works out the details of the project

A) steering team B) implementation team C) project manager's consultant team D) steering committee

Criminal Justice

Which of the following is not one of the three laws in Gabriel Tarde's theory of human behavior?

a. Suggestibility is a key cause of criminal behavior. b. Individuals in close intimate contact with one another tend to imitate each other's behavior. c. Imitation moves from the top down. d. New acts and behaviors tend to reinforce or replace others.

Criminal Justice

The belief that no serious consideration should be given to biological factors when attempting to understand human nature is known as:

a. choice theory. b. biophobia. c. nature theory. d. nurture theory.

Criminal Justice

A mala prohibita crime is a. bad because it is forbidden

b. so offensive it is obviously criminal. c. one that violates a specific regulatory statute. d. both bad because it is forbidden and because it violates a specific regulatory statute. e. none of these choices.

Criminal Justice