Court rulings have established that criminal defendants who are found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental hospital may than the time they would have served in jail had they been convicted of the crime. question 46 options:

Contrary to uninformed opinion, defendants who are found not guilty by the reason of insanity are not merely released from the custody. They are usually committed into mental hospitals where they are confined for duration longer than their prison terms would have been. For example in the case of Jones v. United States, the Supreme Court in 1983 backed this proposition, ruling that the sentence that criminal defendants should have received had they been convicted shall have no bearing on how long they could be committed to a mental hospital.

Therefore the correct answer to fill in the blank is “may be longer”.

1. seasonal

2. frictional unenployment

3. the number of the labor force multiplied by 100 and then subtract the number of unemployed.

4. 4%

5. an increase in prices

the federal government of the united states was established by the constitution. us is a presidential republic. the president is head of state, head of government and of a two party legislative and electoral system. the supreme court balances the powers of the federal and the state government. yhe executive branch is headed by the oresident. there are two chambers of congress, the senate and the house of representatives. judicial power is exercised by the judicial branch (or judiciary), comprised of the supreme court and lower federal courts. the judiciary's function is to interpret the   constitution as well as the federal laws and regulations.