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One Keck telescope on Mauna Kea has a diameter of 10 meter compared to 2.4 meter for the Hubble Space Telescope.  Theoretically the angular resolution of Keck telescopes is smaller (better) than the Hubble Space Telescope by a factor of about ____________ when not considering the atmospheric blurring effect.

Star “Rio” has a parallax of 1.82″.  Star “Hondo” has a parallax of 3.85″.  What can you correctly conclude?

The Miranda warning remains intact from its original version; no deviations in its explanation or practice by police are permitted.     

A proposition of _________ argues that a course of action should be pursued.

DNA is the most sophisticated and reliable type of physical evidence.    

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial, as well as the assistance of counsel to those accused of crimes by our justice system.      

The “architect” and “crib” of policing – the person and agency where most initial practices were developed – were J. Edgar Hoover, in the Philadelphia Police Department.

Constitutional policing, legitimacy, and procedural justice should form the foundation of policing, rather than policing having a “soldier” mindset.   

For the most part, police work is accurately portrayed in films and on television.

Factors influencing the recent (i.e., in the past decade, roughly) decline in prison and jail populations include reductions in violent crimes, greater use of alternatives to incarceration, and the early release of thousands of nonviolent offenders.