Chapter 7
The defense that a law enforcement officer used excessive temptation or urging to wrongfully induce the defendants to commit a crime they would not have normally committed.
Entrapment
Under the Eighth Amendment, a limitation on punishment for criminal conduct
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
False; Fighting words are not protected by the First Amendment because they are likely to lead to violence.
The defense to prosecution on the grounds that the defendant has been tried before on the same charge and acquitted. Stated in the Fifth Amendment.
Double Jeopardy
True or False: Bullying itself is a crime that can result in the death penalty.
Improper government inducement of the crime & lack of predisposition on the part of the defendant to engage in the criminal conduct are the 2 elements what type of defense?
Entrapment
Therapy courts
True or False: The U.S. Constitution does not have an explicit right of privacy.
True.
Which amendment states that in all criminal prosecutions, the accused has the right to a speedy and public trial?
Three strikes law
The offense of injuring the character or reputation of another individual by oral or written communication of false statements.
Defamation
True or False: The speedy trial requirements are constitutional mandates and therefore are imposed on all states.
True
Aggravating circumstances and mitigating circumstances
The 2 types of defamation are