Mitigating circumstances may convince judges or juries that defendants don't deserve the maximum penalty for the crime they're convicted of
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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In the context of the goals of the Balanced and Restorative Justice Model, which of the following is true of accountability?
A. It focuses on protecting the community by imprisoning offenders. B. It encourages offenders to make measurable gains in educational, vocational, social, civil, and other competencies. C. It enables offenders to make amends to their victims and to the community. D. It holds that the primary obligation of offenders is to the state, not to their victims.
The police helicopter was flying at about 400 hundred feet when it passed over Mark’s yard. The passenger in the helicopter, also a police officer, looked down and saw marijuana growing in a greenhouse that was in Mark’s fenced back yard, located about 10 yards from Mark’s house. The police officer took photos of the marijuana, which she then used to obtain a search warrant. The police executed the warrant and seized the marijuana. Can the evidence be used against Mark at trial?
a. Yes, because the evidence relied on to obtain the warrant, while located in the curtilage of Mark’s home and in a fenced yard, was in plain view of the police officer when the officer flew over the home. b. Yes, because the marijuana was in an open field, and Mark had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the open field. c. No, because the greenhouse was located in the curtilage of Mark’s home, where Mark had a reasonable expectation of privacy, prompting the need for a warrant before the area could be searched. d. No, because the warrant lacked probable cause, and the search was illegal under the Fourth Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court cannot possibly hear all of the cases it is asked to hear each year. Discuss what types of issues are raised in the cases the Court tends to select for hearing and the impact their limited ability to hear cases has on criminal procedure in cases decided by the lower courts.
What will be an ideal response?
Content validity refers to
a. a comparison of measures to some external criterion b. an empirical measure that may or may not agree with our common understanding of a particular concept c. the degree to which a measure covers the range of meanings included within the concepts d. the basis of logical relationships among variables