Clemency Equivalence
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
22303_silas_grain · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because Silas had been found guilty of six previous nonviolent offenses.
Why it's attractive
Recidivism justifies enhancement, but doesn't immunize from proportionality.
Why it's wrong
Recidivism justifies enhancement, but doesn't immunize from proportionality.
22303_silas_grain · CRIMINAL · Choice CYes, because the punishment could still be commuted by a decree from the regional prefect.
Why it's attractive
Executive grace is not a substitute for constitutional sentencing.
Why it's wrong
Executive grace is not a substitute for constitutional sentencing.
22303_silas_grain · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because the original offense of selling short-weighted grain only carried a minor penalty.
Why it's attractive
Misidentifies the object of the proportionality test.
Why it's wrong
Misidentifies the object of the proportionality test.
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