Statements made by counsel during opening statements may be considered by the jurors as evidence

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


Answer: FALSE

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that a death penalty for rape was constitutional. 2. As late as 1984, 40 states recognized a marital exemption that provided that a husband could not be held liable for the rape of his wife. 3. The common law defined rape as the forcible carnal knowledge of a woman against her will. 4. Fraud in the inducement is not rape.

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Some scholars think that this fact arises from a _____ in which disputes that might fade away in other regions become deadly in the South

a. southern subculture of violence b. greater availability of opportunity c. decreased access to nutrition as youths d. southern subculture of illiteracy

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______ organizes a probation officer’s caseload by specific offense types.

a. Crime-specific probation b. Supervised probation c. Split-sentence probation d. Unsupervised probation

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Which of the following exceptions to the knock-and-announce rule have been ruled as unconstitutional?

a. Blanket exceptions b. Danger to officers c. Destruction of evidence d. Someone inside is in danger

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