Criminal Justice

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Any indictment is a formal written accusation submitted to the court by a grand jury alleging that a specified person has committed a specified offense

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TRUE

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A consecutive sentence is one that consists of two or more sentences that have been imposed simultaneously after conviction for more than one offense and that are to be served at the same time

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FALSE

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a trial is the examination of the issues of fact and law in a case for the purpose of reaching a judgement of conviction

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TRUE

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which model assumes that the systems subcomponents work together harmoniously to achieve the social product we call justice

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Consensus

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In the criminal justice model, the defendant enters a plea at...

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Arraignment

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Which model emphasizes the efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders?

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Crime Control

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Procedural Fairness

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Due Process

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Who runs the Uniform Crime Reporting System?

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The FBI

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Property crimes typically have lower clearance rates that personal/violent crimes

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TRUE

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Most occurrences of motor vehicle theft are reported to law enforcement agencies

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TRUE

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Which index crime rate has the highest clearance rate?

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Murder

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the unlawful taking or attempted taking of property that is the immediate possession of another, by force or threat of force

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Robbery

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The _______________ is based on victims reports rather than police reports.

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National Crime Victimization Survey

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The principles of recognizing previous decisions as precedents to guide future deliberations is called Stare Decisis

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TRUE

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A necessary first feature of any crime is some act in violation of the law.

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TRUE

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Civil law governs relationships between and among people, business and other organizations and agencies of govt.

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TRUE

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Common law originates from usage and custom rather than from written statues.

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TRUE

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Which of the following types of law is based on the assumption that acts injure not just individuals, but society as a whole?

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Criminal Law

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Which type of law refers to the body of regulations that the government creates to control the activities of industry, business and individuals?

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Administrative Law

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In its written form the criminal law is also know as

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Penal Code

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Which of the following statements of crime means "guilty mind"?

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Mens Rea

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Quality of life offenses are major law violations such as murder.

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FALSE

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Police Community relations were a product of

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The Tumultuous 60s

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Wilsons legalistic style of policing is referred to as laissez faire policing because officers avoid disputes that do not break the law.

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TRUE

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The Kansas city experiment established:

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preventative patrol does not affect citizens fear of crime.

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Which of the federal law enforcement agencies would investigate computer crime?

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FBI

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Community policing is best described as:

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Providing service to citizens

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What is the best way to describe police subculture?

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A particular set of values characterize the police

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"Policing styles"

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James Q Wilson

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The definitive book of policing:

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Trojanowicz's Community Policing

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A "knowing waiver" of rights requires that the defendant be able to understand the consequences of not evoking his Miranda Rights

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TRUE

Front 32

First significant SCOTUS case involving a car

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Carroll vs US

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During the 60s, SCOTUS accumulated the process of guaranteeing individual rights in the face of criminal prosecution.

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TRUE

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Officers armed with a warrant are legally allowed to enter a house unannounced is he has reasonable suspicion that is would be dangerous to announce himself.

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TRUE

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Unreasonable searches and seizures are prohibited by the

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4th Amendment

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A ________ allows appellate courts to review the decisions of a lower court case.

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Writ of Certiori

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The rule requires that incriminating evidence be seized by police according to constitutional specifications of due process or it wont be allowed to enter the court.

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Exclusionary Rule

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A legal principle that excludes from the introduction at trial any evidence later developed as a result of an illegal search and seizure:

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Fruit of a Poisonous Tree

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"Stop and Frisk"

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Terry v Ohio

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Profiling was originally made to help stop drug couriers attempting to enter the country.

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TRUE

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Stress is a natural component of police work.

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TRUE

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Conditions under which deadly force can be used to apprehend a felon?

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Tennessee v Garner

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Police subculture is transmitted primarily through:

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Informal Socialization

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"Working personality"

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Jerome Skolnick

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If Jake is convicted in the US District Court and then loses his appeal in the US court of appeals he has a right to have SCOTUS review his case.

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FALSE

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The purpose of a preliminary hearing is to determine the guilt of a defender.

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FALSE

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Two types of courts function in the american criminal justice system what are they?

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State and Federal

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Courts that have the authority to review decisions made by lower courts are said to have ___________.

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Appellate Jurisdiction

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On appeal, when a trial court of general jurisdiction offers a new trial instead of the review of the lower courts decision, it is given a...

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Trial De Novo

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In which court would a felony trial be held in the federal court system?

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District Court

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One purpose of _______ is to help ensure the reappearance at trial.

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Bail

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Which of the following statements about grand juries is false?

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Defendants can cross examine prosecution witnesses during a grand jury hearing.

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Prosecutors are required to assist the defense in building its case by making evidence available.

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TRUE

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Exculpatory evidence is information having a tendency to clear a person of guilt or blame.

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TRUE

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Suspects have a constitutional right to represent themselves.

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TRUE

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Scientific jury selection involves the use of correctional techniques from social sciences to gauge the likelihood of the jurors voting on whichever side.

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TRUE

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Which work group member has the responsibility of demonstrating to a jury that a defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?

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Prosector

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Which SCOTUS case established the right to counsel for indigents?

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GIDEON V WAINWRIGHT

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Which of the following reps the order of steps in criminal trial?

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Trial initiation, jury selection, opening statements, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, judges charge to the jury...

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The most important form of prosecutorial discretion lies in the power to charge or not charge a person with an offense.

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TRUE

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research indicates that rehabilitation works.

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FALSE

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Specific deterrence seeks to reduce the likelihood of recidivism by convicted offender.

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TRUE

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According to the principle of equity, defendants should receive roughly the same sentence when the circumstances of the crimes they committed are similar.

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TRUE

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Fines are the oldest and very widely used.

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TRUE

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"eye for an eye"

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Retribution

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Cooperating with authorities, good character and no prior record...

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Mitigating

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"Lock em up approach"

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Incapacitation

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Nationwide about 89% of paroles successfully complete parole

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FALSE

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A probe officer does not need a warrant to search a probationers home.

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TRUE

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disadvantage of probe and parole?

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Relative lack of punishment

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Probation false?

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convicted murderers and rapists cannot be sentenced to probation.

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Offenders serve weekends in jail and receive probation supervision during the week?

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Mixed Sentence

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Intermediate sanction resembles a military style bootcamp?

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Shock incarceration

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Revocation of probation or parole:

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require a hearing before a legally constituted hearing body to determine is the conditions of probation or parole were violated.

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Most common form of criminal sentencing?

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Probation

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which of the following sentences is a prisoner reentry strategy?

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Parole

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the operational capacity of a prison is the number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built.

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FALSE

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Violent offenders cannot be incarcerated in a minimum security facility

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FALSE

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women account for _____ of the jail pop.

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13%

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The largest growth group in jails is _______

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women

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____________ is the most secure prison ever built by the federal government.

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The Admax

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High security facilities in the federal prison are called:

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US Penitentiaries

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"after the fact"

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ex post facto

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What is the primary source holding minimum security inmates?

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Their own restraint

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Which level of security is the highest within the federal government?

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The Admax

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Some authors have suggested that violence in womens prisons occurs less often than in mens prisons.

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TRUE

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A prisoners mail can be censored is it is necessary for security

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TRUE

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Like inmates, correctional officers are socialized into the official and unofficial rules of prison society

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TRUE

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Inmates have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cells under the 4th amendment

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FALSE

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prison lang is called

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prison argot

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enclosed facility sep from society socially and physically where inhabitants share all aspects of their daily lives:

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Total institution

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The socialization of inmates into the prison subculture is called

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Prisonization

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ACOTUS case "balancing test"

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Pell v Procunier

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In regard to religious freedom prisoners must be given:

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a reasonable opportunity to pursue their faith.