Yes, they're allowed to use tricks like that to get a confession.
United States' legal system allow police officers to lie about having a witness when they're conducting an investigation in order to open an opportunity for a bargain. What they're not allowed to do is lying about the punishment that could be charged to the suspect.
Ego psychologist Erik Erikson developed a theory of development that centers on psychosocial development and has been extremely influential in all fields of psychology. It consists of eight stages:
- Stage 1 - Trust vs. Mistrust
- Stage 2 - Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
- Stage 3 - Initiative vs. Guilt
- Stage 4 - Industry vs. Inferiority
- Stage 5 - Identity vs. Confusion
- Stage 6 - Intimacy vs. Isolation
- Stage 7 - Generativity vs. Stagnation
- Stage 8 - Integrity vs. Despair
Stage 8 is the last one. It starts around age 65 and lasts till death. At this stage, people reflect back on their lives, and whether they are happy with the decisions they made. Those who are unhappy with the way their lives were spent will experience regret and despair. Those who are happy with their lives will feel a sense of integrity and satisfaction.
<em>Therefore, it is likely that Miguel is asking something along the lines of “was my life worth living?” or “if I could go back in time, would I make the same choices?” if he is in this last stage.
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The US currency went off the gold standard.
The Great Depression was causing people to hoard gold. So using gold to back the dollar was no longer feasible because gold was untenable. Franklin Roosevelt made the decision to take the US off of gold.
After the civil war, there was an emergence of southern farm tenancy, a system of near slavery without legal sanctions with tenant farmers in place of slaves. ... The number of farms in Texas rose from about 61,000 in 1870 to around 174,000 in 1880 and 350,000 by 1900 where farm and ranching enterprises expanded rapidly.
