If one of two robbers kills the store clerk when the clerk hesitates to hand over the money, the non-shooter would

(a) be guilty of murder under the felony-murder rule.
(b) be guilty of murder under the vicarious-liability rule.
(c) be guilty of murder under the provocative-act rule.
(d) not be guilty of murder.


(a) be guilty of murder under the felony-murder rule.

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a. statistic. b. parameter. c. independent variable. d. None of the above.

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The ABSCAM operation was criticized because:

A. the amount of money involved was miniscule. B. it was not targeted at wrongdoing that was already occurring. C. a lot of money was spent but there were no convictions for serious felonies. D. the criminal informant was left holding the bag by the government, literally.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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