Delineate circumstances in which a criminal defendant may in fact be tried a second time for the same act.
What will be an ideal response?
There are several circumstances that will allow a defendant to be tried a second time for the same criminal act.A state's prosecution of a crime will not prevent a separate federal prosecution of the same crime, and vice versa.Double jeopardy does not preclude different states from prosecuting the same person for multiple crimes that take place in different jurisdictions.A hung jury is not an acquittal for the purposes of double jeopardy.?
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a. sports b. crime c. politics d. dramatic plays
Which of the following provides the most accurate description of the relationship between drugs and crime?
a. Drug use and other forms of crime appear rooted in a general propensity toward deviant behaviors. b. There is clear evidence that those who begin to use drugs are then drawn into other criminal behavior. c. There is clear evidence that those who commit crimes are then drawn to drug use. d. There is no apparent relationship between drug use and other forms of criminal activity.
A sampling distribution is:
a. A distribution of a statistic obtained in one properly drawn random sample b. Obtained after the same statistic is calculated from more than one sample c. A distribution of a statistic across all random samples that could be drawn from a population d. A goal to be obtained in a study using a random method of case selection
From the following data, calculate the z-score:
a. 1.23
b. -1.23
c. 2.00
d. -2.00