Why has American criminal law has been described as "English in heritage and judicial in its origin?"
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Our present criminal codes grew out of custom, tradition, and actual written codes. Our criminal law was in large measure adopted from the English common law, which was first recorded by judges. Today, however, criminal law is formulated by the legislatures rather than judges.
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a. low rates with consistent nationwide trends b. average rates with consistent nationwide trends c. high rates with state-to-state variations d. unable to assess due to the prediction problem