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A(n) is a public official with full authority to investigate citizens' complaints against government officials.

A) detective
B) ombudsman
C) probation officer
D) parole officer

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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are legal rules, usually set by an agency of the executive branch, designed to implement policies of that agency.

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are laws that are created by local, state, and federal governments.

In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court guarantee access to law books for inmates?

Because of the heinous nature of the crime, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld that those convicted of the rape of a child can in fact be given the sentence of death.

state interest states an interest of the state that must take precedence over rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.

When convicted of a crime, an individual does not lose all of his or her rights.

According to the text, inmates find litigation effective and satisfying.

In regard to an inmate's first amendment rights, the requires that a regulation provide a reasonable method of advancing a legitimate institutional goal.

What is Inmate Ness wanting when she demanded a third party become involved?

List and explain the four alternatives to prison litigation.

Staff attorneys, inmate lawyers and law school clinics are examples of

___________ is intervention in a dispute by a third party where those in conflict submit their differences for resolution and the decision (in the correctional setting) is binding on both parties.

The penal codes of the national and state governments contain statutes defining behavior.

Until the 1970s, disciplinary procedures conducted in prisons could be exercised without challenge because the prisoner was legally in the hands of the state.

Intervention in a dispute by a third party to whom the parities in conflict submit their difference for resolution is known as

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that prisoners who adhere to nontraditional religious beliefs may not be denied the opportunity to practice their own religion?

In 1996, Congress passed the Anti-Terrorism Act, which gives inmates just one year from the time of conviction to file a federal habeas petition.

The clear and present danger test takes into account any threat to security or to the safety of individuals that is so obvious and compelling that the need to counter it overrides the guarantees in the Amendment.

In Atkins v Virginia (2002) the Supreme Court ruled that the execution of who was unconstitutional?