In the 1972 case of Furman v. Georgia, death penalty laws in all states were struck down as
a. "arbitrary and capricious" by the U.S. Supreme Court
b. "arbitrary and changeable" by the U.S. Supreme Court
c. "random and capricious" by the U.S. Supreme Court
d. "arbitrary and illogical" by the U.S. Supreme Court
a
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The performance prong of Strickland requires that the defendant must provethere is a "reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessionalerrors, the result of the proceeding would have been different."
a. True b. False
When individuals sue on behalf of themselves and others of similar issues that is called ______.
A. criminal suit B. judicial intervention suit C. class action suit D. civil rights suit
The crime _______ is the actual number of reported crimes standardized by some unit of the population.
a. statistic b. degree c. ratio d. rate
A professor at a larger Midwestern University needs to publish several articles in order to be granted tenure and secure his job. However, the findings of his research project were unlikely to get published. He decides to fabricate results, increasingly the likelihood of successful publication. This is an example of:
a. research misconduct b. unethical treatment of research subjects c. ghostwriting d. sexual harassment