In 1964, ______ became the first case to give state prison inmates standing to sue in federal court under the Civil Rights Act of 1871.

A. 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act
B. Brown v. the Board of Education
C. Cooper v. Pate
D. First Amendment Rights


C. Cooper v. Pate

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Since 9/11 local police departments have increased their roles in preventing terrorism by using ___________________ policing networks to exchange information with citizens and to gather intelligence

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The approach taken to women offenders in the late Twentieth Century argued that since women present low risk to public safety they should receive greater consideration for community-based sentences that do men

a. True b. False

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Refractive index compares the speed of light in a vacuum to its speed through what substance

a. Air b. Water c. Glass d. Any given substance

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The exclusionary rule operates differently in the confessions/interrogation context (compared to in the Fourth Amendment context). Explain the difference

What will be an ideal response?

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