Which statement describes a plea of no contest in a criminal case? a. the suspect claims he or she did not commit the crime and wants the case to go to a trial. b. the suspect claims he or she did commit the crime and does not want the case to go to trial. c. the suspect does not admit guilt, but does not wish to fight the charges and does not want a trial. d. the suspect does not understand the charges and wants a trial to better understand the accusation.

The correct answer is option C. "The suspect does not admit guilt, but does not wish to fight the charges and does not want a trial".

Explanation:

A plea of no contest is a formal statement made by the defended when he or she does not want to dispute nor admit to doing the crime. This criminal proceeding is used as an alternative to the guilty or not guilty plea that takes place in a traditional trial. This type of plea is not available in all the states and most states were is available require that the defended obtains permission from the court before performing the plea of no contest.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.

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