When suspects are given formal notice of the charges by a judge, the procedure is called
What will be an ideal response?
An initial appearance
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How many stages are there to jury selection?
a. One b. Two c. Three d. Four
Research is reported showing that people who abuse substances are more likely to physically abuse their spouses than those who do not abuse substances. Further investigation reveals that substance abuse leads to less consideration for the abuser's spouse, which in turn leads to more physical abuse. In this instance, consideration for the abuser's spouse is ______.
A. an extraneous variable that creates a spurious relationship between substance abuse and spouse abuse B. an intervening variable that makes up the causal mechanism connecting substance abuse and spouse abuse C. the variable that conceptualizes this causal process leading from substance abuse to spouse abuse D. irrelevant to the establishment of a causal connection between substance abuse and spouse abuse
A(n) ______ defense claims that the defendant could not have committed the crime for which he or she was charged, because they have proof that they could not have been at the crime scene at the time of the crime.
A. double jeopardy B. entrapment C. automatism D. alibi
Evidence from which a judge or juror must infer a fact is referred to as _________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word