In _____ the defense attorney acknowledged his client’s guilt in open court and focused his defense on reasons why the defendant’s life should be spared. The evidence was so clearly indicative of the defendant’s guilt, the Supreme Court did not feel the defense attorney’s strategy was ineffective.

The _______ who conquered England in 1066 used procedures that set the stage for modern juries.

When evidence is vague, jurors tend to fall back in their gut instincts. This has been termed _______.

Which of the following is not a situation in which plea bargaining in California is permissible?

There is no Sixth Amendment constitutional right to a jury in noncriminal proceedings, This has come to be known as the ________.

A disparity refers to a difference, but one that does not necessarily involve________.

The Human Rights Watch reported that blacks constituted_____ percent of all drug offenders admitted to state prisons in 1996, whereas whites constituted 36.7 percent.

The ____ decision was far-reaching. It brought executions to a halt and “emptied death rows across the country.”

In United States v. Ceccolini, the Court created the so-called_____. Here they observed that witnesses “can, and often do, come forward and offer evidence entirely of their own volition.”

______ focused on a Michigan statute which set forth specific requirements necessary for a valid guilty plea. The court expressed concern that some of what could be called plea bargaining was taking place without the approval of the courts.