Author Question: Bill's defense attorney calls the school psychiatrist, who testifies that Bill is clinically insane. ... (Read 20 times)

CQXA · **on:** Aug 16, 2018

Bill's defense attorney calls the school psychiatrist, who testifies that Bill is clinically insane. What is the effect of this information on the case?

a. Bill will be sentenced to a maximum of twenty years in prison.
b. Bill will not face the death penalty
c. Bill will immediately be released.
d. The judge will immediatley declare a mistrial.

Question 2

Government officials began to rethink sentencing policies that caused prison populations to skyrocket since the 1980s. In particular, they gave consideration to greater utilization of probation and community corrections for:

a. violent offenders.
b. drug offenders.
c. gang members.
d. single fathers.