The amount of money specified by a judge to be paid as a condition of pretrial release is called ________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
bail
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Kevin works in a police department and specializes in homicide cases. He has detailed knowledge of firearms. In his last homicide case, Kevin found a bullet at the crime scene and knew that the bullet was fired from a gun that is no longer manufactured. He immediately got his technicians to create a 3D image of the bullet and looked it up in a national firearms database to identify the gun and its last owner. This scenario illustrates that Kevin:
A. participated in a sting operation. B. works as a forensic psychologist. C. extracted trace evidence. D. uses ballistics technology.
The first juvenile court in the United States was the ______.
a. Juvenile Protective Association b. Immigrants’ Protective League c. Juvenile Psychopathic Clinic d. Hull House
In civil lawsuits, punitive damages are designed to punish a wrongdoer and act as a warning to others not to engage in similar conduct. For example, an individual might suffer $10,000 in compensatory damages because of lost wages, but the jury could award $1 million to punish the defendant over and above compensatory damages. The Eighth Amendment prohibits punishment by excessive fines in
criminal cases, but not in civil cases involving punitive damages. Therefore, the $1 million judgment in the civil suit would, if imposed as a fine by a judge or jury in a criminal court, likely violate the Eighth Amendment. Do you think this distinction is a relevant one? Why should punishment by the government be considered different than punishment by an individual? What will be an ideal response?