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"Inside Texas Death Row"
Video Exercise
Please answer the following questions after viewing the documentary.
1. What was the overall attitude about the Death Penalty that was expressed by some of the local residents of Huntsville?
2. What was Death Row inmate Willie Pondexter's attitude about the Death Penalty?
3. As of this documentary's airing, how many inmates had been executed by the State of Texas?
4. How did inmate David Martinez cope with the reality of being on death row?
5. What year did the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily stop the Death Penalty because of Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
6. Since the Death Penalty was re-instituted in 1976, what percentage of executions in the United States have taken place in Texas?
7. How did former correctional officer Terry Green describe the culture that surrounded the death penalty in Texas?
8. What arguments did Willie Pondexter's legal team make in an attempt to stop his execution?
9. What year did Texas replace the Electric Chair with Lethal Injection as the primary method of execution?
10. How did Willie Pondexter cope with reality of being on death row?