In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the federal Megan’s Law and an amendment to the Jacob Wetterling Act and those two laws together became a federal requirement for states to pass statues for ______.

a. holding judges accountable for sentencing of sex offenders and enforced removal of sex offenders in certain neighborhoods
b. publicly showing sex-offender pictures and community notifications
c. holding judges accountable for sentencing of sex offenders and requiring community meetings for notification
d. sex-offender registration and community notification


d. sex-offender registration and community notification

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Identify and describe the three propositions of utilitarian theory.

What will be an ideal response?

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__________ petitions are those in which inmates may collaterally challenge their convictions (after exhausting all available state remedies to do so) by arguing that their trial was constitutionally defective.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The grand jury's duty is to determine guilt or innocence in cases involving a capital offense

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In general, students have the right to expect that their records will be kept private

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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