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tuffie

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The jurisdiction Johnny's case is in requires an appellate court review to determine whether, based on the evidence presented at the trial, the rulings of law and the judgment of the court were correct. This is called a:
 
  a. direct appeal
  b. consent decree
  c. collateral attack
  d. final order

Question 2

The leading cause of wrongful convictions is
 
  a. overzealous police and prosecutors who develop tunnel vision.
  b. inadequate representation by incompetent or overworked attorneys.
  c. subjective forensic analysis (e.g., fingerprints) that are taken to be scientific and unerring.
  d. mistaken eyewitness identification.



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Kimmy

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

D




tuffie

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Reply 2 on: Aug 12, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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