Batson v. Kentucky (1986) was a landmark Supreme Court case involving a Black man accused of burglary in Kentucky. During jury selection, the prosecutor used their limited number of challenges to dismiss all of the Black jurors without giving a legal reason. The court ultimately decided that the ______, which do not require a legal reason, cannot be used if the sole reason for removal deals with race or ethnicity.
A. challenge for cause
B. peremptory challenge
C. challenge to the array
D. challenge to venire
B. peremptory challenge
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Which statement most accurately reflects research on women and policing in the United States?
a. The proportion of female officers has steadily increased since 1972. b. While women often perform their duties differently than male officers, there is no difference between men and women in job performance. c. Smaller, rural towns tend to hire more female police officers and more females as civilian workers. d. Men are generally more capable of manual police-related tasks, whereas women excel at more relationship-oriented duties.
Which of the following is an example of genocide?
a. Darfur b. Death of MLK c. Civil War d. The holocaust
____________________ was a practice that permitted convicted offenders to remain free if they agreed to take care of their debt obligation with the state
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Improving the image of the police and increasing the public's willingness to cooperate is a positive outcome of citizen police academies
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false