In common law for a killing to be considered manslaughter instead of first or second degree murder, the __________ would have to lacking because of provocation
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
malice aforethought
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Assume that police possess both a search warrant for the home of a known drug trafficker and an arrest warrant. The drug trafficker was commonly believed to be armed and dangerous and at home
When the police arrived at the subject's house to serve two warrants, the Fourth Amendment standard of reasonableness A) does not recognize any knock-and-announce policy, so the police may make the type of entry that they believe will be both safe and effective to execute the warrants. B) allows the knock-and-announce requirement to be ignored only if the judge has included that order on the face of an arrest or search warrant. C) always requires that the police knock and announce their presence, in order to give the wanted person a chance to surrender peacefully to law-enforcement officials. D) requires the use of the knock- and-announce requirement only for arrest warrants where custody of a person is the goal. E) strongly favors the knock-and-announce policy but allows police to ignore the knock and announce policy where the circumstances would or could subject the police officers to an enhanced danger.
Peremptory challenges can be used to excuse jurors based on race
a. True b. False
Discuss the individual costs and problems suffered by victims of crime
What will be an ideal response?
John Hagan suggested that a relationship between power and control would explain why ________
A) fathers tend to control boys more than girls B) mothers tend to be more dominant than fathers C) girls commit less delinquency than boys D) boys commit less delinquency than girls