Under the penalty provisions of the new anti-terrorist legislation adopted by Congress in 1966, the most severe punishment a terrorist can receive is
A. 30-50 years' imprisonment without parole.
B. death.
C. life without parole.
D. life with parole after 50 years.
Answer: B
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What form of punishment is clearly the preeminent morality issue within the category of punishment?
a. truth-in-sentencing b. mandatory minimums c. death penalty d. fixed sentences
Knowledge that is not pursued for any instrumental purpose, but merely for the sake of making ethical, intellectual, and theoretical sense of our world is referred to as ____________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
When the Texas City Disaster occurred in 1947, a tremendous blast sent a ________ surging over the shoreline and set waterfront refineries on fire.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. There are two due process clauses. 2. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees due process for state laws. 3. The prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment refers to pretrial jail terms. 4. A key concern with vague laws is that they may be used to punish members of socially marginal groups.