If a Criminal Law Is Too Vague or Is Overbroad

question 13

Multiple Choice

If a criminal law is too vague or is overbroad, then substantive due process rights are violated because such a law fails to give citizens fair notice of what is prohibited.What is another concern raised by vague criminal statutes?

• A) They may permit police officers to act arbitrarily in the enforcement of the law.
• B) They may permit police to enforce the law in a discriminatory manner.
• C) Both A and B are true.
• D) None of the above is true.

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