What was the basis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recognition of exceptions to the exclusionary rule following its ruling in United States v. Calandra?
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses should include the Court’s balancing of deterrence versus cost to society—in each case the Court made a determination that the modest amount of additional deterrence to be gained from excluding evidence from trial is outweighed by the cost to society of excluding evidence from trial
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The Constitution, as interpreted by American courts, provides very little protection to evidence _____.
A. possessed by a witness B. that is clear and convincing C. in plain view D. obtained illegally
Estimates indicate that up to _____ million women across Africa are genitally mutilated every year
A. 100 B. 132 C. 140 D. 156
Price-fixing is criminalized under the ________ Antitrust Act of 1890.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Characteristics of inmate populations of many prisons began to change in the:
a. mid-1990s b. early 1950s c. mid-1960s d. mid-1940s