Exam 4

Question 1

Cooling Off period

Answer 1

Allows and ensures that the person has the opportunity to reflect on what he did

Question 2

Mission killer example

Answer 2

Misguided religious zealot may consider prostitutes morally repugnant to an extent that it is onIy thru his killingS that society will be made right

Question 3

Macdonald triad

Answer 3

I. Setting fires
2. Bedwetting
3. Harming animals

Question 4

Officer responding to the scene

Answer 4

Must think about own safety + anyone needing assistance

Question 5

Officer arriving at scene

Answer 5

EST. Boundaries + protecting inside the scene
Calling appropriate assistance
Personnel notified of possible evidence identified to avoid needless contamination

Question 6

Locard’S exchange principle

Answer 6

Trace evidence may have passed between crime scene + a person

Question 7

Prosecutors

Answer 7

Est sufficient probable cause, writing search warrants, + prepping lineups

Question 8

Crime scene techs

Answer 8

Sometimes patrol officers sometimes citizens

Question 9

District/state attorney

Answer 9

Decides what specific charge to file

Question 10

PRetrial stage

Answer 10

Insufficient probable cause may cause charge to be dismissed

Question 11

Jury deliberations

Answer 11

In homicide trial, to find defendant guilty the verdict must be unanimous

Question 12

Excuse (Insanity) defense

Answer 12

M’Naghten rule + substantial capacity test

Question 13

Bifurcated trial

Answer 13

Death penalty eligible crime gets a second hearing to determine sentencing or penalty

Question 14

Methods to carry out a death sentence

Answer 14

Lethal injection, electric chair, hanging, poisonous gas, + firing squad

Question 15

Co victims

Answer 15

Loved ones of the victim

Question 16

Victims rights movement

Answer 16

Begun in 1980s
Right to be notified of + attend proceedings + heard thru process
Victim advocates