Explain sentencing guidelines.

What will be an ideal response?


They are a set of standards for sentencing that judges in a determinate sentencing system must or may follow, such standards having been set by a commission legislatively established for that purpose.

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The Greek word, hypnos, in the term sedative-hypnotics refers to the ability of these drugs to induce

a. a hypnotic trance b. stimulation of the hypothalamus in the brain c. sleep d. hypoglycemia

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This agency funds the intelligence activities of the entire federal government

a. National Intelligence Program b. Office of the Director of National Intelligence c. Department of Homeland Security d. Department of Anti-Terrorism

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Explain what laundering money means.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following would be used if police are in pursuit of a man who robbed a liquor store at gunpoint and ran into a house?

A) Search incident to arrest B) Protective sweep C) Plain-view doctrine D) Hot pursuit exception

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