1. _____ is an act done consciously and willingly, as opposed to actions taken while a person is unconscious (for example, during a seizure or reflexive act).
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Voluntary manslaughter
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2. Is second degree unintentional murder an unintentional killing done with extreme recklessness, also known as “depraved heart” murder. The actor does not intend to kill, but he knows that his actions will create a substantial and unjustifiable risk of death or serious injury?
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True
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3. _____ is known as an intentional killing done with malice but without premeditation or deliberation.
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Second degree intentional murder
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4. _____ is defined as an element of voluntary manslaughter. Provocation is behavior by the victim that incites the killer, causing him to kill in the heat of passion.
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Provocation
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5. _____ is thinking about a killing ahead of time, turning it over in one’s mind and making a choice to kill.
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Premeditation
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6. Is murder the killing of a human being with malice aforethought?
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True
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7. _____ is known as the court rejected Mr. McCleskey’s claim that the death penalty was implemented in a racially discriminatory manner in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
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McCleskey v. Kemp
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8. _____ is defined as the unlawful killing of a human being without malice.
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Manslaughter
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9. _____ is the practice that permits a judge to overrule or “override” the sentencing decision of the jury in capital cases and impose an enhanced or reduced sentence.
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Judicial override
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10. Is involuntary manslaughter an unintentional killing committed with gross negligence?
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True
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11. _____ is known as the killing of a human being by another person.
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Homicide
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12. _____ is defined as one of the elements of voluntary manslaughter. The person who kills in the heat of passion loses his self-control after some act of provocation by the victim.
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Heat of passion
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13. _____ is the state of mind required for involuntary manslaughter.
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Gross negligence
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14. Is first degree premeditated murder an intentional murder that involves premeditation—thinking about the killing ahead of time, turning it over in one’s mind, and making a choice to kill?
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True
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15. _____ is known as a killing that occurs during the course of, and in furtherance of, an inherently dangerous felony. The killing may be intentional, unintentional, or even accidental.
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Felony murder
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16. _____ is defined as the state of mind required for unintentional “depraved heart” murder.
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Extreme recklessness
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17. _____ is the imposition of the death penalty as punishment for the commission of certain crimes, most often for various forms of murder.
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Capital punishment
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18. Blacks who killed whites had the greatest likelihood of receiving the death penalty.
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True
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19. Capital punishment is also known as the death penalty.
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True
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20. The standard for depraved heart murder is that of the “reasonable person.”
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True
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21. Adultery as adequate provocation was removed from the Maryland legislature in which of the following years?
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1997
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22. Manslaughter is killing without malice.
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True
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23. Most jurisdictions recognize how many types of manslaughter?
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2
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24. First degree premeditated murder is committed by an individual who acts in which of the following manners?
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All of these
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25. The terms premeditation and deliberation have very similar meanings.
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True
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26. Which of the following types of homicide takes place during the heat of passion or adequate provocation?
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Voluntary
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27. Malice is the element that distinguishes murder from manslaughter.
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True
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28. Murder and manslaughter are the two broad categories of criminal homicide.
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True
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29. The definition of human being is uniform across the United States.
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False
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30. Homicide is the killing of a human being by another person.
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True
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31. Young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 have the highest offending rate in each racial and gender group.
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True
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32. In which of the following years was Dr. Jack Kevorkian charged with first degree murder?
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1998
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33. Dr. Jack Kevorkian participated in about 130 assisted suicides in his lifetime.
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True
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