Which of the following is considered a mitigating circumstance?

a. A history of physical abuse as a child. b. A history of prior convictions.
c. Blatant disregard for the safety of others.
d. The use of a weapon in the commission of the crime.


a

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The fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine refers to:

a. the expansion of the exclusionary rule to ban evidence indirectly based on illegal government activity b. the expansion of the exclusionary rule to include contraband c. applying the exclusionary rule to constitutional violations committed by judicial personnel d. applying the exclusionary rule to constitutional violations committed by state law enforcement officials

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Approximately how many states in the United States employ the death penalty?

a. 22 b. 28 c. 34 d. 50

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An extension of the bounded rationality is the __________ theory, which suggests that organizational change is typically less than a deliberate, rational process

a. the law b. the organizational c. garbage-can d. all of these are not appropriate

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Which component of the Incident Command System (ICS) records and evaluates the actions taken at the scene?

A) operations section B) planning section C) logistics section D) finance/administration section

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