In 2005, in the case of Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an offender may not be executed for his or her crime if the crime was committed before the offender turned 18 years of age
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The objective of ________ is to make the punishment as analogous as possible to the nature of the crime.
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Approximately 9% of the general public experience PTSD, but this percentage increases to ______% for crime victims.
A. 10 B. 25 C. 45 D. 53
Intoxication manslaughter is the appropriate charge when a manslaughter occurs and either the perpetrator or the victim were intoxicated at the time of the incident
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In addition to Sykes and Matza's original five techniques of neutralization, Cromwell and Thurman learn that shoplifters use which one of the following additional techniques?
a. Defense of necessity b. "What goes around comes around.". c. Denial of responsibility d. Defense of convenience