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sheilaspns

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Addington v. Texas was a Supreme Court ruling on civil commitment. It changed the standard of proof so that ____.
 
  a. the judge or jury had to be 51 percent certain of the evidence to decide in favor of commitment
  b. the standard was set at a lower level of certainty than in criminal cases
 c. commitment could occur only if there was evidence beyond a reasonable doubt
 d. the judge or jury had to be 90 percent certain of the evidence to decide in favor of commitment

Question 2

An attorney says this to a judge in a civil commitment case: Your honor, the Supreme Court in 1979 ruled that we cannot deny people their liberty by committing them to mental institutions involuntarily unless we have 'clear and convincing evidence' that they are mentally ill and potentially dangerous. To what Supreme Court ruling is the attorney referring?
 
  a. Addington v. Texas
 b. Tarasoff v. Board of Regents of the University of California
  c. Wyatt v. Stickney
 d. Jackson v. Indiana



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a





 

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