Assignment:
• When developing your answers, you must include (cited) facts to support the major points in your response. Your responses should not include continuous citations without your thoughts and analysis also. Rather, your responses must reflect a balance between facts and your perspective on the points you made.
• Your responses to each of the examination questions should be a minimum of two pages , double spaced, and written in 12-point Times New Roman.
• Include the question you are responding to immediately before each answer.
• Include a title/cover page.
• Include some cited references and format them in the American Psychological Association (APA) writing style (6th edition).
Respond to all five questions presented.
1. Explain fully the five exceptions to the "exclusionary rule."
2. Identify and explain the differences between the two types of civil lawsuits that can be brought against individual, state, and federal officers.
3. Identify and explain which Constitutional rights defendants waive when they enter a guilty plea. Also, identify and describe the specific protections that the three major controlling U.S. Supreme Court cases require of judges when a defendant pleads guilty.
4. Compare and contrast sentencing guidelines with mandatory minimum sentences, including the three aims of each type of sentence.
5. Identify and assess the counterterrorism and counterintelligence provisions of the USA Patriot Act within the context of balancing the government's power with individual privacy.