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True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.

____	1.	The roots of criminal law in the United States can be traced to the bible.

____	2.	The legal principle of stare decisis originated in Rome.

____	3.	Tort law deals with disputes over property.

____	4.	Laws created and retroactively enforced are termed ex post facto.

____	5.	The case of Chicago v. Morales dealt with issues surrounding gang crime and membership.

____	6.	Corpus delicti refers to the evidence discovered by medical examiners.

____	7.	An immediate relationship must exist between the act and the actor's intent for a crime to occur.

____	8.	Strict liability crimes are also known as public safety crimes in some jurisdictions.

____	9.	Insanity is not an official legal term recognized by the courts.

____	10.	Self defense as a justification requires imminent danger and inability to escape from the attacker.

____	11.	As a general rule, ignorance of the law is not an accepted legal defense.

____	12.	Voluntary intoxication can be used as a successful defense under some circumstances.

____	13.	The concept of due process of law has its roots in both the fourth and fifth amendments.

____	14.	The right of the accused to a formal hearing is a specific requirement of procedural due process.

____	15.	The ideas and principles that society considers important at a given time and in a given place has no bearing on a court's decision on what exactly constitutes due process in a specific case.