Which of the following is not an accurate comparison of american political parties to parties from most other democratic countries? a. american parties gravitate toward more centrist positions on issues. b. compared to other countries, american parties are often ideologically vague. c. american parties align with broader constituencies. d. parties in most democracies are strong and well organized, whereas american parties tend to be weaker organizationally. e. compared to other countries, american parties have more clear distinctions based on social class, ethnic, or religious divisions.

In a property settlement after a divorce, the wife was awarded all personal property that had been accumulated during the marriage, including the husband's classic 19-inch black-and-white tv set. in order to get his prized tv set back, the husband lied to his friend, telling him that the wife took the tv set in violation of the property settlement. the friend remembered that the wife gave the friend's wife a key to her new home, and he volunteered to go with the husband to get the tv back while the wife was at work. the husband and the friend went to the wife's house, but, unbeknownst to them, the wife had taken the day off work. after the friend noisily opened the back door with his wife's key, the wife called the police, who quickly arrived and arrested the husband and the friend. as to a charge of common law conspiracy to commit larceny, how should the friend be found?