You are a lawyer in a state with overcrowded prisons and your goal is to make the state reduce that overcrowding. Based on the content of this chapter, what should you do?

A. present a writ of habeas corpus for each prisoner in the system
B. present a writ of habeas corpus for each jail inmate in the system
C. sue the state in hopes of getting a protected settlement
D. sue the state in hopes of getting a consent decree


D. sue the state in hopes of getting a consent decree

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After a defendant has been formally charged with crime A, each of the following may be done by the police, EXCEPT

A. Read him Miranda warnings and question the defendant about crime B B. Have an undercover agent meet the defendant in a public place and talk to him about his upcoming trial in crime A C. Place an undercover agent in his jail cell with orders to not to talk to the defendant about any crime D. Place an undercover agent into his jail cell with orders to talk to him about crime B

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Why do Palestinians feel disenfranchised in Jordan?

a. Because they make up about two thirds of the population but are ruled by the Hashemite’s. b. There is a serious lack of Islamic fast-food restaurants there. c. Israelis are slowly taking over the government there due to regional proximity. d. They form a vocal minority so no real disenfranchisement is taking place but they perceive it to be happening.

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__________ technology consists of software and information systems such as crime mapping and gunshot locators

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The Supreme Court caseCoolidge v. New Hampshiredeclaredthat "inadvertency" is not a requirement for a valid plain view seizure

a. True b. False

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