For Most Americans, the Judge Is the Symbol of Justice

question 68

Multiple Choice

For most Americans, the judge is the symbol of justice. Of all the actors in the criminal justice process, the public holds the judge most responsible for ensuring that the system operates fairly and impartially. And most certainly the trappings of office—the flowing black robes, the gavel, and the command “All rise!” when the judge enters the courtroom—reinforce this mystique. As important as these symbols are, they sometimes raise obstacles to understanding what judges actually do and how they influence the criminal justice process.

-The vast array of legal powers possessed by judges often leads people to

• A)overestimate the actual influence of the judge
• B)underestimate the actual influence of the judge
• C)understand the actual influence of the judge
• D)None of these answers is correct

Interpret and create probability distributions for discrete random variables and calculate related probabilities.

Understand the concepts of independence and dependence between two events.

Differentiate between mutually exclusive events and independent events and understand their probabilities.

Understand the law of total probability and how it relates to conditional probabilities.

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