During the trial of a personal injury case, the plaintiff calls a witness to testify that he saw the defendant spill a slippery substance in the roadway. Following the testimony of the witness, the defendant calls the witness's neighbor, who testifies that the witness has a poor reputation for truthfulness in the community. The plaintiff's attorney then cross-examines the neighbor, asking her, in good faith, if she committed the crime of false pretenses last year. Last year, the neighbor had in fact been charged with and convicted of the crime of false pretenses. The defendant's attorney objects to this question. Should the objection be sustained

Answer: No

Explanation:

False pretense refers to the false representation of the past or present facts with an intention to defraud people or fabricate the information. According to the given situation defendant's neighbor statement recording cannot be implemented for conviction because the being a witness she is convicted for false pretenses for herself claiming that the defendant is false pretense in order to attain injury by spilling the slippery substance on the roadway to get slipped on it and inflict self injuries.

The "crime index" reflects which of the following?

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Which situation best illustrates the problem of scarcity?
A. A local government forces all city employees to take a pay cut of 5 percent of their current salary.
B. A local government uses the money from a tax levy to build a new school and add lanes to a highway.
C. A local government has to choose between building a new school and adding lanes to a busy highway.
D. A local government decides to provide free health care for all employees and their families.​

(6) Match the columns :
Column 1
(1) Funaria
(2) Spirogyra
Column II
ka) Spiral chloroplast
b) Capsule
(c) Leaflets
d) Flowers

1. What is Ms. Roman’s employment background?
Ms. Roman's employment background is that she's been a police officer for 25 years.

2. What statistics from police academies in the state of New Jersey were alarming to Ms. Roman?
The statistics from the police academies in the state of New Jersey that were alarming to Ms. Roman are the rates between 65 and 80 percent of women are failing due to the physical fitness test.

3. What was a major reason for women failing at the police academies?
A major reason for women failing at the police academies are recruits needing to pass the fitness exam within 10 short workouts and only have three weeks to try to pass due to a new policy.

4. What had these police recruits been required to do in order to reach the point in the process that allowed them to take the physical fitness test?
Police recruits were required to pass very lengthy background checks, medical exams, psychological exams, and clearly quit any other job.

5. What data does Ms. Roman share about women serving as police officers? What data does she share about women working as police chiefs?
The data Ms. Roman shares about women serving as police officers is that less than 13% of the police officers hadn't changed much in the past 20 years. Only 3% of women were police chiefs in 2013.

6. How are other countries doing when it comes to female representation in the police force compared to the US?
When female representation in the police force compares to the US some countries have nearly twice as many women police officers.

7. According to research, what are some positive results to having female police officers on the force?
Positive results to having female police officers on the force include female police officers tending to have more of a positive influence, great job performance, trustworthiness, and fairness in the police force.

8. What does Ms. Roman define as the main problem with the different policy agencies and their standards?
Ms. Roman defines that the main problem in different policy agencies and their standards is that the the differing policy agencies and their standards is that the main focus is on physical strength.

9. What should police academies also focus on, aside from physical strength, when recruiting officers?
Other than physical strength police academies should focus on problem-solving skills, community policing, and interpersonal communication skills.

10. What are some ways to encourage more female recruits to join the police force? How must the testing process be changed to ensure women are not unfairly excluded from the force?
Some ways to encourage more female recruits to join the police force could be good salary package and suitable environments. When it comes to good salaries for the police force and an environment that feels safe and suitable with lack of sexual harassments then more women will join, some just cause they want to not for the "encouragement". The testing process could be conducted under fair supervision in order to ensure that women are not being unfairly justed from the force.