State when the death penalty cannot be imposed.
What will be an ideal response?
The death penalty cannot be imposed when doing so would violate the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, particularly in cases involving 1) a nonkiller accomplice to a felony murder, 2) juveniles, 3) a person who is mentally retarded, or 4) a crime that does not involve the taking of life.
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Which of the following accurately reflects what was stated in the majority opinion in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)?
A. Simple interrogation in police custody is inherently compelling B. Police compulsion to speak requires some physical coercion C. A suspect who begins to answer police questions after receiving warnings must continue to answer, or an inference will be made that the suspect was concealing evidence D. The Miranda warnings apply only to full confessions
In the federal court system, the government is represented by ______.
A. the District Attorney B. the Prosecuting Attorney C. the State's Attorney D. the U.S. Attorney
The U.S. Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review, either on appeal or by writ of ___________, the decisions of the lower federal courts and many of the decisions of the highest state courts
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__________ factors are characteristics of the work situation
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