In Ewing v. California, the Supreme Court reversed the state court'sdecisions on the grounds that the sentence was cruel and unusual andgrossly disproportionate under the Eighth Amendment
a. True b. False
b
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Ransom E. Olds is credited with:
a. Using the first fast drying lacquer for painting cars. b. Inventing the first practical moving assembly line for making cars. c. Making the first affordable car equipped with power brakes. d. Being the first to use large-scale production methods for affordable cars.
Which of the following forbids the formation of monopolies?
a. Clayton Act b. Federal Trade Act c. Sarbanes–Oxley Act d. Sherman Anti-trust Act
The U.S. Supreme Court extended the area permissible to search incident to an arrest in Thorton v. United States (2004) to:
a. the suspect's car, even if he's in a cell at the police station b. the suspect's car, even if he's in the back seat of a police vehicle c. the suspect's house, even if he's in the back seat of a police vehicle d. the suspect's luggage, even if he's already aboard the airplane
If you created a theory that essentially said that crime is a result of biology, you would have created a theory consistent with the ______.
A. classical perspective B. positivist perspective C. Hobbesian perspective D. conflict/critical perspective