It Was Once the Prevailing Legal Philosophy That Prisoners Forfeited

question 2

Multiple Choice

It was once the prevailing legal philosophy that prisoners forfeited their constitutional rights as a consequence of their crimes.______ shifted this philosophy and opened the floodgates on prisoner litigation.

• A)Batson v.Kentucky
• B)Cooper v.Pate
• C)Estelle v.Gamble
• D)Brown v.Plata

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Definitions:

Polls

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Representative Sample

A sample that is similar to the larger population from which it was drawn.

Modus Ponens

A hypothetical syllogism in which the antecedent premise is affirmed by the consequent premise.

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A type of reasoning that constructs or evaluates propositions that are abstractions of observations of individual instances.