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1. | What is the most prevalent case type in state courts? |
Traffic | |
Divorce | |
Criminal | |
2. | How many innocent people are currently incarcerated in the United States? |
20,000 | |
1,500 | |
50,000 or more | |
3. | What percent of the time are complaints against lawyers and judges investigated that result in some form of disciplinary action? |
24% | |
12% | |
2% | |
4. | How many distinct court systems are there in America—for example, "state courts" in question 1 being considered a court system? |
5 | |
2 | |
4 | |
5. | What is it called when a jury ignores the facts of the matter and whatever the judge tells them to do before deliberating, but instead decides a case based upon constitutionality of law? |
Lucky Litigant Rule | |
Jury nullification power | |
Jury deliberation contradiction | |
6. | On average, the United States judicial system incarcerates 5 times more people than the rest of the world. |
True | |
False | |
7. | Some prisons are privatized, and almost two-thirds of them have contracts requiring an 80 percent or higher occupancy rate. |
True | |
False | |
8. | Over approximately the last two decades, some vehicular fines have increased at a rate much greater than that of college education or health care costs, which have averaged about 7% per year. |
True | |
False | |
9. | The American legal system always follows its own rules and the law. |
True | |
False | |
10. | If you owe someone a debt and the statute of limitations is about to expire, there is no way it can be extended. |
True | |
False | |
11. | Tenants in a residential lease can be held responsible for paying for damages to the leased premises. |
True | |
False | |
12. | Even if you own very little when you die, your inheritors will have to go through probate. |
True | |
False | |
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