Deck 19: The Death Penalty

Question 1

Which of the following President's signed the Justice For All Act?

A) Clinton
B) W. Bush
C) H. W. Bush
D) Obama

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In almost ______ of DNA exoneration cases, the actual perpetrator was identified by DNA

A) 24%
B) 79%
C) 43%
D) 50%

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following elements increase the likelihood that a crime will be eligible for the death penalty?

A) Premeditated
B) Purposeful
C) Committed during the commission of another felony
D) All of these

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Mental disability is characterized by which of the following elements?

A) Significantly subaverage intellectual functioning
B) Concurrent and related limitations in two or more adaptive skill areas
C) Manifestation before the age of 18
D) All of these

Question 5

Which of the following are issues the courts have had to resolve with both mental deficiency and illness?

A) Is the person competent to stand trial?
B) Did this person at the time of the crime have the requisite ability to form mens rea?
C) Does the person's mental condition warrant a more lenient sentence than would normally attach to this crime?
D) all of these

Question 6

The repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico took place in:

A) 2007
B) 2008
C) 2009
D) 2010

Question 7

The Justice For All Act was signed into law in:

A) 2000
B) 2004
C) 2008
D) 2012

Question 8

Abolitionist arguments used to center on things such as

A) fairness
B) morality
C) financial cost
D) all of these

Question 9

Which of the following is often touted as the "holy grail" of guilt and innocence?

A) law
B) DNA
C) confessions
D) witnesses

Question 10

The restoration of sanity was an issue in

A) Ford v. Wainwright
B) Jackson v. Indiana
C) Furman v. Georgia
D) Panetti v. Quarterman

Question 11

In Ford v. Wainwright the Supreme Court held that the ______ Amendment prohibits the execution of the insane.

A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Sixth
D) Eighth

Question 12

The rational-understanding test was established in which of the following court cases?

A) Ford v. Wainwright
B) Jackson v. Indiana
C) Furman v. Georgia
D) Panetti v. Quarterman

Question 13

In ______, the Supreme Court ruled that in a prison environment, an inmate be involuntarily medicated if the inmate is dangerous to himself or others and the treatment is in the inmate's medical interest.

A) Washington v. Harper
B) Jackson v. Indiana
C) Furman v. Georgia
D) Panetti v. Quarterman

Question 14

A subaverage level of intellectual functioning is defined as an IQ of

A) 70 or below
B) 80 or below
C) 90 or below
D) 100 or below

Question 15

In _____, the Court overruled itself with regard to executing the mentally disabled.

A) Washington v. Harper
B) Penry v. Lynaugh
C) Furman v. Georgia
D) Atkins v. Virginia

Question 16

_____ typically involves the withholding of exculpatory evidence.

A) Snitch testimony
B) Prosecutorial misconduct
C) Eyewitness identification
D) False confessions

Question 17

If an informant serving time or awaiting sentencing conjures up stories to support a prosecutor's theory in exchange for some consideration, it is considered

A) bad science
B) false confessions
C) prosecutorial misconduct
D) snitch testimony

Question 18

The first woman to be executed in the United States was hanged in 1865.

Question 19

Mental disability is "a lifelong condition of impaired or incomplete mental development."

Question 20

Ethel Spinelli was referred to as the "coldest, hardest character, male, or female."

Question 21

Ineffective defense counsel is simply poor legal representation.

Question 22

When an offender is sentenced to life without parole, what does that mean?

Question 23

What is lethal injection?

Question 24

Discuss the electrocution as a means of execution.

Question 25

What is a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)?

Question 26

What is the Innocence Project?

Question 27

List the methods of execution from LEAST humane to MOST humane.

Question 28

What factors have to be considered for the method of a hanging to be as painless as possible?

Question 29

Explain whether you agree or disagree with the use of the death penalty in corrections. Use information from the text to support your answer.

Question 30

What is bad science?

Question 31

Discuss the case of Coker v. Georgia (1977). What were the circumstances around the case? What did the court rule?

Question 32

Discuss the case of Atkins v. Virginia (2002). What did the court rule? Do you agree or disagree with the ruling? Support your answer with information from the chapter

Question 33

What is the difference between mental illness, mental disability, and "presently insane"? What are the key issues the courts have had to resolve with both mental deficiency and illness?

Question 34

Discuss the case of Ford v. Wainwright (1986). What were the circumstances in the case? What was the court's decision?