Could you please help me answer these questions with explanations, to help me study? Thanks.

1.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using statutes, rather than the common law, to define crimes?

A.Statutes are more responsive to differences in the facts and circumstances of individual cases than are common law crimes.

B.Statutes are easier for ordinary people to access and understand than are crimes developed by common law.

C.Statutes allow ordinary people to know more precisely, in advance, what conduct is prohibited by law.

D.Statutes are easier to update in response to changes in community norms, new crime problems, or technology than are common law crimes.

Consider the following criminal statute:

"Whoever intentionally discharges a firearm into a vehicle or building under circumstances in which he or she realize or should realize there might be a human being present therein is guilty of a Class G felony."

Which of the following is NOT an element of the crime?

A.Realizing there might be a human being in the vehicle or building

B.Discharging a firearm into a vehicle or building

C.Being a Class G felony

D.Intending to discharge a firearm into a vehicle or building

When a court is asked to interpret a criminal statute, which of the following will it say it does first?

A.The court will examine the statute's history, along with relevant academic commentary.

B.The court will apply the clear language of the staute as it is written, relying on commonly-accepted dictionary definitions for any undefined terms, and relying on the ordinary rules of grammar and punctuation.

C.The court will review committee reports, public hearings, floor debates, and other evidence of the drafters' intended meaning for the legislation.

D.The court will look at how courts have interpreted the meaning of similarly-worded statutes in other jurisdictions.

Which of the following is true?

A.The legislature may authorize a sentence that is grossly disproportionate to the crime committed.

B.The legislature may criminalize behavior that is protected by the Constitution.

C.The legislature may pass a criminal staute that applies to behavior committed before the date the law was enacted.

D.The legislature may pass a criminal statute it does not expect the police to regularly enforce.

Following a number of instances of public opioid overdoses, the State of Grace passes a statute that makes it a crime for anyone "to linger in a public restroom."

If a resident challenges the law as unconstitutionally vague, which of the following is the most likely result?

A.The law will be held unconstitutional because monitoring public bathrooms invades privacy.

B.The law will be held unconstitutional because the meaning of "lingering" is unclear.

C.The law will be upheld because it gives adequate notice of prohibited behavior.

D.The law will be upheld because reasonable regulation of public spaces is permitted.