Reference no: EM133355035
Questions
1. In McCleskey it was argued that the race of the perpetrator and the race of the victim played a significant role in the decision of the jury, and his death sentence should be overturned because it was a violation of the:
a. 14th Amendment's anti-discriminatory clause
b. 14th Amendment's equal protection clause
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
2. The legislation known as the________________ would have created a federal statutory right to be free from discrimination in capital cases.
a. Racial Justice Act
b. Equal Protection Clause
c. 8th and 14th Amendments
d. None of the above
3. In the early periods of executions, the death penalty was often tied to lynching and the control of slaves; racial disparities were pervasive and pronounced during that time.
True
False
4. The Supreme Court chose not to set standards to stop or prevent racial disparity in the death penalty, but left the states:
a. Guidelines for amending their death penalty statutes
b. Without power to amend their death penalty statutes
c. With the job of amending their death penalty statutes.
d. None of the above
5. In examining New Jersey's death penalty, Baldus and his research team set out to answer the following questions:
a. Is racial discrimination in death sentencing inevitable, or can legal procedures be adopted by legislators, prosecutors, or courts to prevent it?
b. Can racial discrimination be corrected by subgroups of cases and in individual cases without the de facto abolition of capital punishment or the use of quotas?
c. Neither a nor b
d. Both a and b
6. Which is the most prominent Supreme Court decision concerning racial disparity and the death penalty?
a. Furman v. Georgia
b. Gregg v. Georgia
c. McCleskey v. Kemp
d. Plessey v. Ferguson
7. Racial profiling conducted by police officers continues to be a concern of the courts and the legislatures, today manifested in controversial "stop and frisk" policies.
True
False
8. The passage of Kentucky's Racial Justice Act encouraged other states to re-examine their policies and practices in administering the death penalty, though it would take a lot of time before another enacted Racial Justice Acts of its own
True
False