Which Case Allowed Inmates to Sue State Officials for Brutality

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which case allowed inmates to sue state officials for brutality, inadequate medical care and nutrition, theft of personal property, and the denial of basic rights?

• A) ​Cooper v. Pate
• B) ​Terry v. Ohio
• C) ​Carroll v United States
• D) ​Gregg v. Georgia

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Definitions:

Cognitive Explanation

An understanding or interpretation focusing on mental processes such as perception, memory, and reasoning.

UCS

An abbreviation for Unconditioned Stimulus, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior conditioning.

Instinctive Behaviour

Inborn, automatic responses to specific stimuli that are not learned but rather naturally occur in all members of a species.

Conditioning

The process of learning associations between environmental stimuli and behavioral responses, often distinguished as classical or operant conditioning.