Chapter 24 Self-test questions

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. The length of a sentence at which a conviction is never spent is:

Two years correct incorrect

Four years correct incorrect

Six years correct incorrect

Ten years correct incorrect

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. The rehabilitation period before a conviction is spent can be a maximum of how long?

Three years correct incorrect

Five years correct incorrect

Seven years correct incorrect

Nine years correct incorrect

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. If a spent conviction is mentioned in a court case, but then ruled as inadmissible, can the media safely report it?

Yes correct incorrect

No correct incorrect

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. If a spent conviction is mentioned in a publication, then the defences of truth, honest opinion and qualified privilege can be used as long as there was no ______ in the publication.

Your response

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. Journalists who mention a spent conviction in a publication can be prosecuted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect