In September 1994, Congress passed the ______, which amended the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include both physical and mental disabilities.
a. Sexual Assault Act
b. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
c. Crime Prevention Act
d. Deterrent Prevention Act
b. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
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The single thing needed most for solving the problems of transnational crime and justice is
a. Money b. Legislation c. Cooperation d. Corruption
Was the denial of bail excessive?
Under Massachusetts law, the purpose of setting bail is to "reasonably assure the appearance of the person before the court" and to ensure that the person "will not endanger the safety of any other person or the community." State troopers lawfully entered an apartment to arrest Querubin and another. They fled. The police found twenty-two kilograms of seventy-nine per cent pure cocaine in the apartment with a street value of approximately $ 2.2 million. Querubin was indicted and captures by border patrol agents at Las Cruces, New Mexico, as he attempted to flee into Mexico. At a bail hearing, Querubin argued the weaknesses in the Commonwealth's case, the lack of any connection between him and the apartment, his lack of a criminal record, and his claimed right to political asylum (his brother had been granted political asylum). The judge ordered that Querubin be detained without bail pending trial. What will be an ideal response?
Self-interest. The Miranda rule is counter to the self-interest of the police. The job of the police is to solve crimes, and they will find ways to get around a rule that interferes with the accomplishment of their main goal. Scope. The courts cannot supervise every interrogation that is undertaken throughout the United States. There simply are too many arrests, too many defendants, and too many interrogations and confessions. Only a small number of jurisdictions tape interrogations, making it difficult to determine precisely what transpired. Counter-strategy. The past 40 years have demonstrated that the Miranda decision failed to anticipate the various strategies developed by the police to minimize the impact of the decision. Psychology. The Supreme Court relied on suspects to invoke the
Miranda rights. Most suspects are too intimidated and scared to invoke their Miranda rights or do not understand the Miranda rights. Feedback. The Supreme Court has decided a number of cases that have weakened defendants’ protections under Miranda. For example, a confession that is inadmissible in evidence may be used to cross-examine a suspect who takes the stand at trial in his or her own defense (Harris v. New York, 401 U.S. 222 [1971]). The Court also has provided the police with significant flexibility on the required reading of the Miranda rights (Florida v. Powell, 559 U.S. 50 [2010]). Expertise. An understanding of the interrogation process by Supreme Court justices may have given them a better appreciation of the limitations of Miranda in protecting defendants’ right against self-incrimination. A. it is the reliance on race as the basis for detaining an individual for investigation or for arrest B. may occur in a variety of situations C. it is allowed by the Fourth Amendment D. includes stop and frisk laws
A ________________ was issued by a judge or government official and authorized searches anywhere, at any time, and for anything.
a. general warrant b. writ of execution c. writ of assistance d. no-knock warrant