The Death Penalty MCQ

_____ is defined as the physical location for federal death row.

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Correct Answer: United States Penitentiary (USP) Terre Haute

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_____ is observes that prosecutors are overwhelmingly Caucasian and seek the death penalty disproportionately more often when the victim is also Caucasian.

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Correct Answer: Prosecutorial Death Discretion Outcome

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Is federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 established constitutional procedures for imposition of the death penalty?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the states of mental illness that can develop over time as result of the death row phenomenon.

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Correct Answer: Death Row Syndrome

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_____ is defined as the harmful effects of death row conditions that are experienced while waiting for one’s demise.

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Correct Answer: Death Row Phenomenon

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_____ is persons who have been sentenced to be executed but are awaiting their execution.

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Correct Answer: Death Row

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Is brutalization Hypothesis the contention that the use of harsh punishments sensitizes people to violence and teaches them to use it?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as putting the offender to death.

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Correct Answer: Capital Punishment

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_____ is defined as makes an independent recommendation to the attorney general regarding death penalty cases.

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Correct Answer: Attorney General’s Review Committee on Capital Cases

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_____ is required inmate to provide clear and convincing evidence of a constitutional violation before granting a certificate of appeal.

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Correct Answer: Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

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Is anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 made the death penalty available as a possible punishment for certain drug-related offenses?

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following organizations provides detailed information regarding the use of the death penalty?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Which of the following is the workhorse of neuroimaging used to assess the functioning of a person’s brain while engaged in some task?

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Correct Answer: FMRI

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As of December 2012, how many inmates had been exonerated by the Innocence Project and DNA testing?

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Correct Answer: 305

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Diyya refers to ______.

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Correct Answer: Blood money

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According to a study conducted in California in 2011, how much money would be saved if all of California's death row inmates were commuted to life without parole?

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Correct Answer: $170 million

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Which court case ruled that an inmate may be involuntarily medicated if the inmate poses a danger to him/herself or others?

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Correct Answer: Washington v. Harper

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With regard to racial bias, the issue has moved from ______ to ______.

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Correct Answer: Black defendants; black victims

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Which of the following methods of execution was viewed as more humane than hanging?

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Which of the following methods of execution was seen as more humane than the firing squad?

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Correct Answer: Lethal injection

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Ford v. Wainwright (1986) addressed which of the following issues?

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Correct Answer: The use of the death penalty on the insane

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Since 1976, 11 people have been executed with the use of a firing squad.

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Correct Answer: False

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Historically, hanging has been the most common method used in execution.

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Correct Answer: True

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The year 1994 marked the year with the highest level of support for the death penalty.

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Correct Answer: True

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Life without the possibility of parole is not provided as an alternative to a death sentence.

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Correct Answer: False

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The death penalty is the most controversial issue in corrections today.

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Correct Answer: True

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Cases involving a White victim are more likely to result in the application of the death penalty than cases involving a Black victim.

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Correct Answer: True

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All of the following are accurate statements about the current death row population except this.

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Correct Answer: Two thirds of those on death row have a high school diploma.

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The death penalty is cheaper than life without the possibility of parole.

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Correct Answer: False

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In Furman v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that ______.

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Correct Answer: The administration of the death penalty was unconstitutional

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In ______, the U.S. Supreme Court held that statistical data that demonstrated racial disparities in the use of the death penalty were not sufficient evidence to prove discrimination in an individual case

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Correct Answer: McKlesky v. Kemp

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Lethal injection is the most common method of execution today.

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Correct Answer: True

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In Witherspoon v. Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a potential juror could serve on a capital jury even if she or he had doubts about the use of the death penalty.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which region of the United States has the highest rates of execution?

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Correct Answer: The South

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The brutalization hypothesis predicts findings that are the opposite of ______.

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Correct Answer: General deterrence

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Death row syndrome refers to ______.

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Correct Answer: The mental illnesses that the condemned might develop while held in solitary confinement on death row

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about the federal use of the death penalty?

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Correct Answer: After Furman v. Georgia, the federal government waited 20 years before reforming its death penalty process.

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In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court abolish the use of the death penalty for those who were insane?

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Correct Answer: Ford v. Wainwright

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A proponent of retribution would support the death penalty for murder because ______.

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Correct Answer: She believes in proportionality between the punishment and the crime

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Prior to Roper v. Simmons, which juveniles were eligible to receive the death penalty?

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Correct Answer: Any juveniles who were 16 or 17 at the time of the offense

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The death penalty is a constitutional punishment for the rape of an adult woman.

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Correct Answer: False

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Exoneration means to clear from suspicion, accusation, or blame.

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Correct Answer: True

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A preliminary hearing after a criminal complaint has been filed by the prosecutor, to determine whether there is enough evidence to require a trial is called ____________ .types of mistrial is known as:

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Correct Answer: Evidentiary hearing

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Euthanasia is painlessly ending the life of a person or animal for the purpose of relieving suffering; mercy killing.

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Correct Answer: True

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Prosecuting, trying, or punishing twice for the same instance of a criminal act when the first prosecution led to an acquittal, a conviction, or certain types of mistrial is known as:

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Correct Answer: Double jeopardy

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During executions, who signals the delivery of the killing drugs?

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Correct Answer: Wardens

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Between 1978 and 2011, the state of California spent _____ billion on the death penalty.

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Correct Answer: 4

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The average time spent in prison before an innocent individual is release is almost 20 years.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following court cases held that putting developmentally disabled to death constituted a violation of their Eight Amendment rights?

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Correct Answer: Atkins v. Virginia

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The majority of the women who have been executed have been African American.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following cases suspended the imposition of death sentences in the U.S. for several years?

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Correct Answer: Furman v. Georgia

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Which of the following states still kept inmates on death row after they abolished the death penalty?

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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When Maryland abolished the death penalty, the repeals were not retroactive.

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Correct Answer: True

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All of the following states have abolished the death penalty except?

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Correct Answer: Montana

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The majority of death row inmates are male.

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Correct Answer: True

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In 2012, _____ inmates were removed from death row.

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Correct Answer: 111

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The population of death row has increased.

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Correct Answer: False

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California has executed ______ individuals.

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Correct Answer: 13

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______ percent of criminologists believe that capital punishment reduces homicide rates.

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Correct Answer: 5

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According the authors, the majority of the public sees the death penalty as a cultural issue.

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Correct Answer: False

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Capital punishment follows the Old Testament philosophy of an “eye for an eye.”

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Correct Answer: True

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The death penalty is intended for the most violent crimes.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following states executed Troy Davis after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution?

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Correct Answer: Georgia

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