If you're a member of the U.S. Navy, your organization is part of the "<span>(D.) Department of Defense." since this Department is in charge of all military branches. </span>
The limitations would be how much evidence was available and the truthfulness of the witnesses. The Code dealt with violations of the law. The law specified punishments based on who you were...slave or master, etc..
<span> Citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned.
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Yes, the woman who became " girl computers" held to higher standard. The computers are usually dominated by males. Therefore, when woman become girl computers, they tend to have higher standard in order to prove that they are better than man. They set a higher standard for themselves to show that they can also do what males can do.