Explain Graham v. Florida and Miller v. Alabama and their application to juvenile life imprisonment. Do you agree or disagree with the holding in these cases?

What will be an ideal response?


Graham applies to nonhomicide cases and Miller applies to homicide cases.

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The vehicle exception to the warrant requirement is based upon: a. the inherent mobility of the vehicle, and the impracticality of impounding the vehicle and getting a warrant. b. the inherent mobility of the vehicle, and the reduced expectation of privacy in vehicles

c. the convenience of the police. d. the reduced expectation of privacy in vehicles, and the convenience of the police.

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There are some neurological differences between males and females; females are _____-brain oriented while males are _____-brain oriented

a. left, right c. left, center b. right, left d. front, rear

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Which prison design is organized to permit inmates and visitors as much freedom as is consistent with the concept of incarceration?

a. minimum security b. medium security c. courtyard style d. campus style

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A personal act "intentionally" when he acts how?

A. with substantial certainty of the harm caused by his actions B. with a conscious purpose to commit the crime C. in disregard of a known or substantial risk D. carelessly

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