What constitutional rights do criminal defendants have at trial? If you were in a position to do so, would you increase or decrease the rights available to defendants at trial? Specifically, what might you do, and why?

What will be an ideal response?


Criminal defendants have the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the state as stated in the Sixth Amendment.The accused can waive their right to a jury trial. Defendants also have the right to effective legal counsel.

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a. Behavioral therapy b. Cognitive therapy c. Rational emotive therapy d. All of the above

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Dennis Rader was also known as the

a. Virginia Tech killer b. BTK killer c. Clown killer d. Texas Tower killer

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A tort is an act that injures someone in some way, and for which the injured person may sue the wrongdoer for damages

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A national study of drug courts by the federal Government Accounting Office found all but which of the following as outcomes?

a. Recidivism was reduced for participants who had committed different types of defenses. b. Participants had higher recidivism events than those in comparison groups. c. Lower percentages of participants than those in comparison groups were rearrested and reconvicted. d. All of the programs that provided data yielded positive net benefits.

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