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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:

Match the types of accomplice or other participant with the definitions.

Michelle Banks was part of a group of fifteen people being removed by the police from an Air Force Recruiting Office during a Viet Nam war protest. Michelle yelled “F#*k the Air Force” while police were escorting her out. Why couldn’t she be successfully prosecuted for using “fighting words?”

What is the term used to describe when a jury, having the power to acquit a criminal defendant, does so in complete disregard of the rules of law and facts before it, the jury.

The principle purpose of criminal law is to:

Why is the right of the people to assemble publically not absolute?

The ex post facto principle prohibits:

Proximate cause is that cause, from among all the causes-in-fact that may exist, which is the legally defined cause of the social harm.