Why did former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor say “if I could wave a magic wand, I would wave it to secure some kind of merit selection of judges across the country”?
A. Elections are too time consuming compared to merit selection.
B. Elections lead to less politically connected judges on the bench.
C. There is significant evidence proving that courts have become increasingly political in the past decade.
D. Judicial elections contribute to the public’s perception that judges are “politicians in robes.”
D. Judicial elections contribute to the public’s perception that judges are “politicians in robes.”
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a. of any fact in the case. b. of any expert in the case. c. of any learned treatise in the case. d. sua sponte.
Individuals or groups responding directly to the scene of an incident are referred to as:
a. emergency personnel. b. lead detectives. c. line supervisors. d. first responders.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Victimology is considered a subfield of psychology. 2. During the Industrial Revolution, crime was seen as a violation against the state rather than the victim himself/herself. 3. An individual enters a home with the intent to burglarize it. He is shot. This would be considered victim provocation. 4. Marvin Wolfgang found that for victim-precipitated homicides, victims oftentimes knew the offender. 5. The National Crime Survey shed light on how much crime was NOT reported to law enforcement.
A jury which cannot decide on a verdict is called a ________ jury
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word