Question 1

Is there evidence of discrimination in death penalty sentencing today? Be sure to outline the evidence both supporting and opposing your viewpoint in your response .

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Question 2

The U.S. House of Representatives responded to McCleskey v. Kemp by adding the __________ Justice Act to the Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994.

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Question 3

Explain why the U.S. Supreme Court found the post- Furman mandatory death penalty statutes enacted by North Carolina and Louisiana to be unconstitutional.

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Question 4

Justice Marshall suggested that if the general public knew all of the facts of how the death penalty is implemented, they would not support it. Evaluate his statement in light of the research presented in the chapter.

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Question 5

Concerns about fairness and discrimination in the capital sentencing process  prompted death penalty opponents to call not for procedural reforms but for a  ____________on executions in the United States.

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Question 6

Describe the steps in the federal capital sentencing process in the post- Furman era. Has this process resolved racial disparities in death penalty sentencing on the federal level? Provide evidence to support your claims.

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Question 7

In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court condemned "arbitrary and wanton jury __________ ."

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Question 8

The Innocence Protection Act of 2004 provides funding to states to help defray the costs of post-conviction __________ testing .

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Question 9

McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)considered whether _______ evidence was sufficient to demonstrate the presence of racial discrimination in the application of the death penalty .

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Question 10

Why do so many commentators believe that public opinion polls about attitudes toward the death penalty are so problematic? How might we revise poll questions to eliminate some of these problems?

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Quiz 8: The Color of Death Race and the Death Penalty