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Punishment is relative.

Which of the following is a defense used when a person’s intended end constitutes a crime, but the actor does not complete the act that would have been a crime because of circumstances unknown to him or her or beyond his or her control?

A defendant must prove the __________ to be acquitted of a crime because of self-defense. 

Name the four situations in which law enforcement officers are authorized to use non-deadly force.

Match the correct Constitutional Amendment with the statements shown.

In a process known as “nationalizing the Bill of Rights” the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the due process clause of the 14th Amendment to give citizens of the states the same constitutional criminal procedure rights that:

A defendant who may be sentenced to any time in jail or prison is entitled to:

As a by-product of punishment, __________ is sought so the offender will no longer desire to commit crimes and become a productive citizen. 

When the 13 colonies were established in America, they adopted England’s:

Although the U.S. Constitution does not specifically mention a right to privacy, the U.S. Supreme Court has held that such a right is implicit in three areas of the Constitution.  Which of these is not one of those areas: