Reference no: EM132254691
1. The federal government has abolished capital punishment.
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False
2. In the 1890 case In re Kemmler, the Supreme Court held that the electric chair represented cruel and unusual punishment.
True
False
3. The race of the victim as been shown to affect the prosecutor's decision to seek the death penalty.
True
False
4. The Northeast has the lowest murder rate in the United States and accounts for the lowest percentage of executions.
True
False
5. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the execution of offenders who were under 18 at the time of the crime is unconstitutional.
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False
6. The just deserts argument justifies capital punishment by arguing that executed offenders cannot commit additional crimes.
True
False
7. Blacks who kill white victims are more likely to be sentenced to death than whites who kill black victims.
True
False
9. If tried in U.S. courts, military detainees held at Guantanamo Bay could potentially receive the death penalty.
True
False
10. Imprisoning offenders for life without parole is cheaper than invoking the death penalty.
True
False
11. Public support for the death penalty is greater than for life imprisonment without parole.
True
False