Answer one of the following questions. Be sure to indicate which question you are answering. 3a) Explain the significance of Gregg v. Georgia (1976) as it relates to discretion by the jury. 3b) Define the four types of sentencing systems in the United States. Say which you think is the most appropriate, and why?
Read DetailsAnswer one of the following questions. Be sure to indicate which question you are answering. 4a) Explain the difference between the terms Durham rule and harmless error rule. 4b) How does habeas corpus work? How does the habeas process differ from the appellate process?
Read DetailsAnswer one of the following questions. Be sure to indicate which question you are answering. 1a) Discuss the significance of plea bargaining 1b) Discuss the significance of Brady v. Maryland (1963) and how it relates to exculpatory evidence.
Read DetailsAnswer one of the following questions. Be sure to indicate which question you are answering. 3a) Define judicial independence and judicial accountability. Explain the arguments for and against each method and which system is used in the courts today. 3b) Explain a judge’s duty to impose a sentence and the role of determinant and indeterminate sentencing.
Read DetailsAnswer one of the following questions. Be sure to indicate which question you are answering. 4a) What is the exclusionary rule? What is its primary purpose? Briefly explain both exceptions to the exclusionary rule 4b) Explain the Compulsory Process Clause and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. These two clauses are associated with which defendant right discussed in the textbook?
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