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Criminal Law
Discussion Board Week 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MPC | Model Penal Code is the code developed by American Law Institute. |
| One Example of a Crime of Moral Turpitude | Murder |
| True or False Codified Criminal Law is a huge list of the punishments for crimes committed | False. Codified Law defines the crimes and lists the punishments that go with them. |
| The Federal Criminal Code is made up of what? | 52 Criminal Codes-one for each of the 50 states, one for D.C. and The Federal Criminal Code |
| Retribution is punishment that | Is based on just deserts |
| True of False ? To Incapacitate an Offender you perform surgery on them | True. It rarely is done, but common ones alter abilities for rapists to perform |
| Discretionary Decision Making are based on | unwritten rules, training and experience |
| What is an ex post facto law? | A law passed after the occurrence of the conduct constituting the crime. |
| True or False? The rule of law is only above the poor and homeless | False. The rule of law is above everyone. |
| Equal Protection of the law is in what Amendment? | Fourteenth |
| Principle of Proportionality is... | A principle of law that states that the punishment must be proportional to the crime |
| Determinate sentencing lengths are determined according to... | The seriousness of the law. |
| Actus reus is... | The criminal act |