Chapter 17: The Death Penalty

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The majority of executions, since the reestablishment of the death penalty, have been ______ defendants.

a. Caucasian American

b. Asian

c. African American

d. Hispanic

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Race of Offender and Victim in Death Penalty Cases

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which Supreme Court case resulted in a moratorium on capital punishment in America?

a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)

b. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

c. Coker v. Georgia (1977)

d. Wilkerson v. Utah (1879)

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which Supreme Court case ended the moratorium on the death penalty?

a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)

b. Coker v. Georgia (1977)

c. Powell v. Alabama (1932)

d. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. The phrase from the Supreme Court decision, ______, was that there existed “evolving standards of decency that marked the progress of a maturing society.”

a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)

b. Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968)

c. Trop v. Dulles (1958)

d. Roper v. Simmons (2005)

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by the ______ Amendment to the Constitution.

a. Eighth

b. First

c. Fourteenth

d. Fifth

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Which Supreme Court decision found that the commission of a rape alone was not sufficient grounds for the death penalty?

a. Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988)

b. Coker v. Georgia (1977)

c. Ford v. Wainwright (1986)

d. Trop v. Dulles (1958)

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The Supreme Court case ______ held that it is unconstitutional to execute defendants with intellectual disabilities.

a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)

b. Trop v. Dulles (1958)

c. Atkins v. Virginia (2002)

d. Roper v. Simmons (2005)

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. What is the lowest age that the Supreme Court has recently declared a juvenile can be executed?

a. 10 years old

b. 16 years old

c. 12 years old

d. No one who was under the age of 18 when the crime was committed will be executed

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Nearly ______ of offenders on death row do not have a high school education.

a. all

b. half

c. three quarters

d. one quarter

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Which state does not have one of the largest death row populations?

a. Texas

b. Florida

c. California

d. Virginia

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Death Row Statistics

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. In ______, the first Congress established the death penalty for several offenses that today would not be considered constitutional.

a. 1790

b. 1890

c. 1900

d. 1776

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Federal Death Penalty and Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Which law or Supreme Court ruling first reinstated the death penalty (post Furman) as a possible punishment for federal criminal cases?

a. Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994

b. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

c. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

d. Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Federal Death Penalty and Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. In ______, the Court added that when considering the method of execution the chosen method of execution is to be considered constitutional unless the convicted can show that a substantial risk of harm was increased through a given method when compared with another known and available alternative method. In other words, implementation of the death penalty, does not include, as a goal, the infliction of unnecessary pain.

a. Glossip v. Gross (2015)

b. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

c. Atkins v. Virginia (2002)

d. Roper v. Simmons (2005)

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Who is largely responsible for seeking a death penalty sentence in a court of law?

a. defense counsel

b. prosecutor

c. family of the victim

d. judge

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty. | 17.5 Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Race of Offender and Victim in Death Penalty Cases

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Currently, the majority of states (with the death penalty) and the federal government authorize the ______ as the sole method of execution.

a. gas chamber

b. hanging

c. firing squad

d. lethal injection

Learning Objective: 17.3: List the various methods of execution used in the United States.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Execution by Lethal Injection

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Which of the following is not a contemporary method of execution within the United States?

a. guillotine

b. gas chamber

c. hanging

d. firing squad

Learning Objective: 17.3: List the various methods of execution used in the United States.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Methods of Execution

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Witness accounts of many botched executions over the years have caused ______ to be largely replaced with a different method of execution.

a. gas chamber

b. electrocution

c. lethal injection

d. firing squad

Learning Objective: 17.3: List the various methods of execution used in the United States.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Execution by Electrocution

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Of the various execution methods, this one typically takes the longest time to cause death.

a. lethal injection

b. hanging

c. gas chamber

d. electrocution

Learning Objective: 17.3: List the various methods of execution used in the United States.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Execution by Lethal Gas

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. The Supreme Court further ruled in ______ that cases where it is difficult to distinguish mental disability cannot rely solely on intelligence test scores, alone, to determine whether a death row inmate is to be put to death.

a. Glossip v. Gross

b. Hall v. Florida

c. Gregg v. Georgia

d. Roper v. Simmons

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. In Saudi Arabia, it is estimated that about ______ of executions for drug offenses were administered to foreign nationals.

a. 95%

b. 10%

c. 85%

d. 25%

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nations That Impose the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. This term is used to describe the harmful effects of death row conditions, including exposure to extended periods of solitary confinement and mental anxiety that are experienced while waiting for one’s ultimate demise.

a. death row phenomenon

b. brutalization syndrome

c. death row syndrome

d. brutalization phenomenon

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty. | 17.5 Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Correctional Aspects of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. This model for the death penalty suggests that offenders committing a crime should be punished in a manner that is commensurate with the severity of the crime that they have committed.

a. specific deterrence

b. general deterrence

c. arbitrariness

d. retribution

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Retribution

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. A proponent of the death penalty who demands that the offender get the death penalty, because offenders should be punished in a manner that is commensurate with the severity of the crime that they have committed, is using which key argument for the use of the death penalty?

a. specific deterrence

b. general deterrence

c. retribution

d. arbitrariness

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Arbitrariness

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. The term ______ refers to persons who have been convicted and sentenced to be executed but are waiting for their execution to take place.

a. capital punishment

b. death row

c. executed convicted

d. death squad

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. In ______ during the year 2010, approximately 590 out of 650 persons executed were put to death for drug offenses.

a. North Korea

b. China

c. Iran

d. Cuba

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nations That Impose the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Currently, ______ states and the federal government authorize lethal injection as the sole method of execution.

a. 20

b. 10

c. 33

d. 5

Learning Objective: 17.3: List the various methods of execution used in the United States.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Execution by Lethal Injection

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Statistics show that less than ______ of all offenders on death row committed their offense prior to the age of 30 years old.

a. 5%

b. 3%

c. 9%

d. 1%

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. The ______ states of mental illness that can develop over time as a result of the death row phenomenon.

a. death row phenomenon

b. death row syndrome

c. death row side effect

d. capital punishment phenomenon

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Correctional Aspects of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. In 2015, the Washington, D.C.–based Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported that as of that year, ______ death row inmates had been exonerated with the help of DNA evidence.

a. 100

b. 50

c. 20

d. 5

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Use of DNA Technology Frees Death Row Inmates, Brings Others to Justice

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. Approximately what percentage of death row inmates are male?

a. 90%

b. 19%

c. 59%

d. 98%

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

31. In ______ case, it was determined that the death penalty had been administered in an arbitrary and capricious manner.

a. Hall

b. Furman

c. Atkins

d. Gregg

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. Which court case held that it was not constitutional to strike a potential juror from serving if the juror had doubts or reservations about the use of the death penalty?

a. Gregg v. Georgia

b. Atkins v. Virginia

c. Witherspoon v. Illinois

d. Roper v. Simmons

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. Approximately what percentage of death row inmates are female?

a. 12%

b. 19%

c. 5%

d. 2%

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

34. ______ held that it was not constitutional to strike a potential juror from serving if the juror had doubts or reservations about the use of the death penalty?

a. Gregg v. Georgia

b. Atkins v. Virginia

c. Witherspoon v. Illinois

d. Roper v. Simmons

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. The death row syndrome states that ______ can develop over time as a result of the death row phenomenon.

a. sexual deviance

b. mental illness

c. physical illness

d. physical deviance

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Correctional Aspects of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. In Glossip v. Gross, the Court added that when considering the method of execution the chosen method of execution is to be considered constitutional unless the convicted can show that a substantial risk of harm was increased through a given method when compared with another known and available alternative method. In other words, implementation of the death penalty, does not include, as a goal, the infliction of unnecessary ______.

a. illness

b. pain

c. revenge

d. suffering

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which model for the death penalty suggests that offenders committing a crime should be punished in a manner that is commensurate with the severity of the crime that they have committed?

a. specific deterrence

b. general deterrence

c. arbitrariness

d. retribution

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Retribution

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. The ______ ruling first reinstated the death penalty (post Furman) as a possible punishment for federal criminal cases?

a. Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994

b. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

c. Anti-Organized Crime Act of 1978

d. Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Federal Death Penalty and Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

39. ______ Supreme Court case resulted in a moratorium on capital punishment in America.

a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)

b. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

c. Coker v. Georgia (1977)

d. Wilkerson v. Utah (1879)

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

40. The majority of ______, since the reestablishment of the death penalty, have been Caucasian American defendants.

a. executions

b. rapists

c. sexual offenders

d. parolees

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Race of Offender and Victim in Death Penalty Cases

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. The costs associated with the death penalty tend to be largely due to the legal fees as well as the cost of the execution.

Learning Objective: 17.6: Evaluate some of the correctional challenges associated with death row inmates.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Death Row Statistics

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The United States had a moratorium on executions from 1972 to 1976.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The execution of women offenders is quite rare.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Prosecutors are overwhelmingly African American.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Race of Offender and Victim in Death Penalty Cases

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. The United State Penitentiary (USP) Florence is the physical location for the federal death row.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Federal Death Penalty and Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. An opponent of the death penalty who argues that life without the possibility of parole serves the same purpose as the death penalty is using arbitrariness as his or her argument for the abolishment of the death penalty.

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Deterrence

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Supporters of the death penalty who content that when murderers are sentenced to death and executed, other would-be murderers will reconsider their acts due to the fear of being executed, are arguing for the utility of specific deterrence.

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Deterrence

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. There is some evidence that the death penalty may actually increase homicide levels in areas where executions occur.

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Brutalization Hypothesis

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Prison environments on death row can take a toll on both inmates and staff.

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Correctional Aspects of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The Attorney General’s Review Committee on Capital Cases makes an independent recommendation to the attorney general regarding death penalty cases.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Federal Death Penalty and Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. In Wilkerson v. Utah, the Supreme Court ruled a moratorium on capital punishment in America.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. In 2015, the Washington, D.C.–based Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported that as of that year, 190 death row inmates had been exonerated with the help of DNA evidence.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Use of DNA Technology Frees Death Row Inmates, Brings Others to Justice

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. In 1790, the first Congress established the death penalty for several offenses that today would not be considered constitutional.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Federal Death Penalty and Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Statistics show that less than 9% of all offenders on death row committed their offense prior to the age of 30 years old.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Nearly all offenders on death row do not have a high school education.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. As of 2017, only 21 women were on death row.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. In the 2003 Supreme Court case of Miller-El v. Cockrell, the Supreme Court ruled by a vote of 6-3 in favor of Miller-El that he should have the opportunity to prove that his death sentence was the result of discriminatory jury practices.

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Racism and the Death Penalty: The Supreme Court Case of Miller-El v. Cockrell (2003)

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. The Supreme Court has recently declared that a juvenile can be executed under the age of 16 years old.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. The Gregg v. Georgia decision found that the commission of a rape alone was not sufficient grounds for the death penalty.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. In the People’s Republic of China, numbers are not exact because China does not publish them to the international community. Despite this, experts acknowledge that executions for drug offenders occur more often in China than in any other country.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nations That Impose the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. The nation of Singapore has executed at least five people for drug offenses since 2008.

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nations That Impose the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Cuba executes the most individuals for non-drug offenses in the world.

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nations That Impose the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. In Atkins v. Georgia, the Court added that when considering the method of execution the chosen method of execution is to be considered constitutional unless the convicted can show that a substantial risk of harm was increased through a given method when compared with another known and available alternative method. In other words, implementation of the death penalty, does not include, as a goal, the infliction of unnecessary pain.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 or Supreme Court ruling first reinstated the death penalty (post Furman) as a possible punishment for federal criminal cases?

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Federal Death Penalty and Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. The specific deterrence model for the death penalty suggests that offenders committing a crime should be punished in a manner that is commensurate with the severity of the crime that they have committed.

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Retribution

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. In Roper v. Simmons, the court held that it was not constitutional to strike a potential juror from serving if the juror had doubts or reservations about the use of the death penalty.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty. | 17.4 Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. The crime control model for the death penalty suggests that offenders committing a crime should be punished in a manner that is commensurate with the severity of the crime that they have committed.

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Retribution

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. The United States never had a moratorium on executions.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Analyze the various statistics associated with the death penalty and those who have received this sentence.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: An Analysis of Persons on Death Row

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Cruel and unusual punishment is prohibited by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. Currently, all states and the federal government authorize lethal injection as the sole method of execution.

Learning Objective: 17.3: List the various methods of execution used in the United States.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Execution by Lethal Injection

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Explain the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Roper v. Simmons in 2005.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Explain the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Coker v. Georgia in 1977.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. What was the impact of the 1958 Trop v. Dulles ruling?

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. What was the impact of the 1972 Furman v. Georgia ruling?

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. What was the impact of the 2002 Atkins v. Virginia ruling?

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Explain the 2015 ruling in the case of Glossip v. Gross.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Which constitutional amendments do opponents of the death penalty cite for its elimination? Why?

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Explain the 2014 ruling in the case of Hall v. Florida.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Constitutional Limits on the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Identify the U.S. Supreme Court case and explain the reasoning behind their decision to abolish the death penalty in the United States.

Learning Objective: 17.2: Discuss constitutional aspects and case law rulings on the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Constitutionality of the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Discuss the three primary methods of execution and the common problems encountered with each method. Identify which method is primarily used.

Learning Objective: 17.3: List the various methods of execution used in the United States.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Methods of Execution

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Discuss the arguments for and against the death penalty. Be sure to present the arguments along the three key themes, on which many arguments depend.

Learning Objective: 17.5: Identify the common philosophies related to the use of the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Arguments for and Against the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Explain the prosecutorial death discretion outcome.

Learning Objective: 17.4: Discuss the various controversial issues associated with the death penalty.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Arguments for and Against the Death Penalty

Difficulty Level: Hard