What is one major critique of the federal sentencing guidelines discussed in the text?
What will be an ideal response?
They are too rigid and unnecessarily harsh. Judges are unable to consider the unique circumstances of the crime or characteristics of the offender as a result.
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What is the significance of the number 1,024 in relation to data storage capacity and data transmission speeds?
What will be an ideal response?
Many law enforcement agencies underestimate the value and cost of changing Website ________. Because it is what a Website says, or does, it should constantly change and that can be expensive and time consuming
A) content B) programming C) homepage D) domain names
There are 324 bankruptcy judges in the United States, each of whom has been appointed by the Court of Appeals for ___________ year terms per order of the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984
a. 7 b. 9 c. 12 d. 14
Prior to the passing of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the United States Government utilized a "national security exception" to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance of foreign powers. In 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was passed as a result of the _____
a. Watergate scandal b. abuses of the Vietnam war c. Iranian Hostage Crisis d. violent acts by student groups