What are the advantages of a plea bargain system?
a) Lawyers can concentrate on fewer cases.
b) It fulfills a constitutional requirement.
c) Cases can move faster through the system.
d) The guilty suspects can have a jury trial.
e) Suspects can be paroled immediately.
Answer: C
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The modern Republican Party
A. was founded by Thomas Jefferson to oppose the policies of Alexander Hamilton. B. was originally called the Antifederalist party. C. emerged as a major party as a result of the Civil War. D. emerged around 1824 with Andrew Jackson's first run for the presidency. E. was founded in the South.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the settlement colonies established by the Europeans?
A. These colonies experienced minimum European settlement. B. The administrators in these colonies paid little attention to safeguarding the rights and the private property of the locals. C. The whites in these colonies organized themselves to lobby the imperial government for treatment equal to that of home country citizens. D. The administrators in these colonies established institutions that deterred private sector investment in the local economy. E. The primary interest in the establishment of these colonies was to extract cheap and forced labor.
In 1974, the Supreme Court held that it would no longer hear class-action suits seeking monetary damages
A) unless the case deals with sovereign immunity. B) unless each and every ascertainable member of the class was individually notified of the case. C) unless both parties have exhausted all other legal avenues. D) unless both parties claim standing. E) unless there is fee shifting.
Which of the following is a potential realist explanation for why states engage in balancing behavior? They __________
A) do not trust each other B) believe that a balance of power provides peace C) are trying to maintain instability in the international system D) believe that a balance of power provides influence