when a person dies without a will and the property must be divided among heirs, or a will is disputed, the responsibility for settling the distribution of property belongs to which type of court?

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

Define the term brutalization effect and describe in your own words why you think this occurs and how it conflicts with the ideas of deterrence theory.

Using complete sentences, compare and contrast the leadership and accomplishments of martin luther king, jr. and frederick douglass.