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In what ways is the judiciary restrained by the legislative and executive branches? What power does the judiciary have to restrain the other branches? The Constitution’s Commerce Clause allows the federal government to regulate _________ commerce. Answer: interstate. Explain the […]

Corpus delicti is a term referring to the facts that show that a crime has been committed. Controlled substances have no valid medical uses. Answer: False The Sex Offender Registry is an ex post facto law. Answer: False Bribery is […]

The concept that a conflict that was not life threatening escalates to life threatening levels is ___________________. The most common punishment in the U.S. penal system is _________________ or being put in prison. Answer: incarceration A witness whose testimony is […]

The crime where a person requests or encourages another to perform a criminal act is ______________. How does cyber-bullying play into cyber crime? Is it just free speech? Where does it cross the line into cyber crime? Write a short […]

An essential element of solicitation is that the person solicited actually commits the crime. Stalking can be a type of assault. Answer: True A jury that hears evidence and decides if the accused should be indicted and tried for the […]

A person who has been ruled insane prior to trial can still be tried and convicted, but cannot be executed prior to regaining sanity. Under the PATRIOT Act of 2001, wiretaps must be tied to a specific phone number. Answer: […]

English Common Law was developed so that the law was common to everyone The rule that a person cannot be charged a crime that became a crime after he committed the act made illegal is _____________. Answer: ex post facto […]

A person can justify the use of force in the defense of others. A victim’s consent to engage in oral sex is sufficient for a defendant to assume vaginal sex is consensual as well. Answer: False The Patriot Act was […]

Incest is generally defined as sexual conduct between a father and a daughter. All defendants are entitled to a discretionary appeal. Answer: False In the case Atkins v. Virginia, the Supreme Court found that contemporary standards of what is appropriate […]

What principle was stated in the decision for the case Duncan v. Louisiana? A) States must provide trial by jury as an option for anyone accused of a capital crime. B) States have autonomy from the federal government. As such, […]

Parole officers monitor convicts after they have served part of their sentence. You represent a client accused of rape and murder. The prosecution experts have presented DNA evidence from the crime scene tying your client to the victim. What options […]

Which of the following is probably a case of incest? A) Non-consensual intercourse with a girl under age 18 B) Consensual intercourse between a man and his adult daughter C) Consensual intercourse between a woman and her 10-year-old nephew D) […]

In District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that: A) the District of Columbia could have an absolute prohibition on handguns. B) the Second Amendment protects the individual right to bear arms. C) state and local governments […]

The Supremacy Clause states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. When Congress passes a law, it often instructs a federal agency or agencies to develop ___________ that provide guidance on how the law should be enforced. […]

The fact that a person was wrongfully threatened and was not intentionally involved in the situation is one condition of the duress defense. Every state crime requires a jury trial. Answer: False The fact that a person was wrongfully threatened […]