Studies of the use of the death penalty since 1977 show that __________ is the most important predictor of which homicides will result in charges of capital murder and which offenders will be sentenced to death
a. the age of the offender
b. the race of the offender
c. the race of the victim
d. the type of weapon used
Answer: c
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a. True b. False
In what year did the American Bar Association start admitting women?
A. 1914 B. 1918 C. 1939 D. 1945
The American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments ________.
A. legitimized the varying state laws governing peyote use by Native Americans B. exempted Native Americans from penalty under the federal Controlled Substances Act, as well as under any state statutes that criminalized peyote use C. exempted Native Americans from criminal penalty under the federal Controlled Substances Act but not from civil penalties for illegal growth and manufacture D. ignored state laws governing peyote use by Native Americans and made it uniformly illegal