The writ of ________ is the way that the death penalty in state criminal trials is traditionally attacked in federal court
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Answer: habeas corpus
You might also like to view...
Battered Women's Syndrome
A. Is a get out of jail free card B. Is an affirmative defense to murder in most U.S. jurisdictions C. Is a rare form of post-traumatic stress disorder that may be introduced in court as evidence of legal insanity. D. Is a psychological state which an expert witness may give testimony on in many U.S. courts if a battered woman kills her batterer.
Raffael Garofalo believed that societies can only be protected from these criminals by swiftly executing them, regardless of the crime for which they were being punished.
A. endemic B. extreme C. impulsive D. professional
This theorist suggested that victims and offenders needed to be considered in a dyad in order to fully understand victimization.
A. Hans von Hentig B. Stephen Schafer C. Marvin Wolfgang D. Benjamin Mendelsohn
Match up the illicit drug in the left column by the highest or most used to the least used in the United States according to the United Nation's Office on Drugs and Crime in the right column.
A. Methamphetamine B. Cocaine C. Marijuana D. Heroin