Prosecutors represent the government in which of the following proceedings?
a. Deciding whether to bail or detain defendants
b. Presiding over grand jury reviews
c. Negotiating guilty pleas with defense lawyers
d. All of these choices
D
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A) 1980 B) 1950 C) 1970 D) 1930
Which of the following provisions was not included in The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
a. Less oversight duties for corporate fraud b. CEOs and CFOs personally certify corporate financial statements c. Establishment of a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board d. Changes in the Federal Sentencing guidelines
What evidence does an investigator study to make a distance determination? How can test-firing a suspect weapon help the investigator make a distance determination?
What will be an ideal response?
Brain fingerprinting is a new and controversial tool in solving crimes. As a forensic method, the test "assesses the subject's knowledge of a crime scene or of the instrumentalities or fruits of a crime, and it can also be used to assess knowledge of the particulars of an alibi scene or sequence of events.". Explain the potential uses of brain fingerprinting by law enforcement officers. How
reliable is brain fingerprinting considered to be? Do you think there is a future for such technology in the courts, or would you expect its status in legal testimony to remain controversial, similar to that of polygraph testing? What will be an ideal response?