What is the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act?

a. It updated wiretap and warrant laws that had not taken into consideration the explosion of email, text messaging, social networks, and other internet-based communications, and also expanded the definition of terrorist organizations to those supporting groups engaged in acts of violence and significantly increased reporting requirements for banking and other financial institutions.
b. This law deals with a wide ranging array of issues, some specific to terrorism, other more broadly related to criminal procedure issues such as procedures to reform habeus corpus proceedings to lessen the amount of time death row inmates can spend appealing their sentences.
c. It attempted to clarify the relationship between counterterrorism response and emergency management by designating lead agencies for crisis management (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and consequence management (FEMA) in response to dealing with a terrorist attack.
d. It responded to concerns following the Oklahoma City bombing and the sarin gas attacks about the poor state of capabilities in the U.S to deal with WMD attacks, especially at the state level.


b. This law deals with a wide ranging array of issues, some specific to terrorism, other more broadly related to criminal procedure issues such as procedures to reform habeus corpus proceedings to lessen the amount of time death row inmates can spend appealing their sentences.

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1. The Bertillonage System of identification was so reliable that it is still widely used by police departments today. 2. A “rogues gallery” is a collection of file photographs of known criminals. 3. The third degree is the highest position a civilian can hold in most police departments. 4. The Central Intelligence Agency operates a National Police Academy to provide advanced training to law enforcement officers across the country. 5. During the reform era of policing, detectives put more emphasis on gathering information from criminals via interrogation than on gathering information from victims.

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According to your text, three highly important qualities for police officers to have are

A. the three I's of police selection, appearance, and compassion. B. strength, common sense, and the three I's of police selection. C. strength, endurance, and compassion. D. the three I's of police selection, common sense, and compassion.

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