Exam 3 chapter 17

Question 1

countries where captial punishment has been abolished

Answer 1

canada, mexico, australia, new zealand, western europe

Question 2

five states responsible for more than half of all us executions since ‘76

Answer 2

Texas, virgina, oklahoma, florida, missouri

Question 3

aggravated murder is the ____ crime punishable by _____

Answer 3

1) only
2) death

ex: for hire, more than one person, of a police officer, of a child, while committing another felony

Question 4

under federal law, ____ crimes are punishable by death

Answer 4

capital

ex: treason, espionage, murdering a government official, using a weapon of mass destruction, sending lethal weapons through the mail

Question 5

furman v georgia

Answer 5

capital punishment was unconstitutional

Question 6

gregg v georgia

Answer 6

death penalty cases are decided by 2 trials using a bifurcated proceeding

Question 7

aggravating factors:

Answer 7

characteristics of the murder and he murderer that make it worse

Question 8

mitigating factors

Answer 8

characteristics that support a life sentence over a death penalty

Question 9

atkins v virginia

Answer 9

put an end to the execution of the intellectually disabled

Question 10

ring v arizona

Answer 10

before the DP can be imposed, a JURY must find one or more aggravating factors were present beyond a reasonable doubt

Question 11

hurst v florida

Answer 11

florida treated the jury rule as advisory and not mandatory; judges could impose DP when a jury wanted a life sentence

Question 12

roper v simmons

Answer 12

abolished the death penalty for juvenile offenders

Question 13

kennedy v louisana

Answer 13

no death for rapists

Question 14

Baze v rees

Answer 14

lethal injection is legal

Question 15

bucklew v precythe

Answer 15

8th amendment did not guarantee a prisoner a painless death

Question 16

wainwright v witt

Answer 16

potential jurors whose beliefs substantially impair their ability to consider or impose a death sentence must be excused

Question 17

morgan v illinois

Answer 17

people who want the death penalty too much cant serve

Question 18

death qualified jurors are ___ likely to ____

Answer 18

more
convict

Question 19

lockhart v mccree

Answer 19

the research on the death penalty is irrelevant

Question 20

jurors think that they ___ consider the full range of mitigating factors; if they find any aggravating factors, they ____ to vote for ____; unless they vote for ____, the murderer will be eligible for _____

Answer 20

1) cant
2) have
3) death
4) death
5) parole

Question 21

the more intense a juror’s ____, the more likely they’ll be to vote for ____

Answer 21

anger
death

Question 22

ways to improve jury instructions

Answer 22

simplify sentences, use concrete language, remove double negatives, use the defendant’s actual name

Question 23

mcclesky v kemp

Answer 23

to overturn a DP case based on racial prejeduice, there would need to be strong evidence that jurors acted with discriminatory purposes

Question 24

states with the death penalty have ____ murder rates than states without

Answer 24

higher

Question 25

brutalization effect

Answer 25

executions desensitize people to killing

Question 26

____ of DP cases were reversed because of errors at trial

___ of those cases were then found not guilty

Answer 26

68%

7%

Question 27

____ people have been wrongfully convicted. ___ were executed

Answer 27

416
23

Question 28

___ prisoners released from death row because of exonerated evidence

Answer 28

167

Question 29

Baldus, Woodworth, and Pulaski (1990) analyzed 594 homicides in Georgia and found that blacks convicted of killing whites were sentenced to death in _____ of capital cases, while whites convicted of killing blacks were sentenced to death in _____ of capital cases.

Answer 29

22
3

Question 30

anti-terrorism and effective death penalty act 1996

Answer 30

in response to timothy mcveigh (ok city bomber)

reduces habeus corpus petitions, federal appeal of state cases, limited appeals to one year in state cases

Question 31

ohio adopted LWOP in ____
texas adpoted LWOP in ___

Answer 31

1995
2005

Question 32

factors that increase the probability of getting the death penalty

Answer 32

victim: police officer, stranger, weak/frail, white, under 12

defendant: murder for hire, killed 2+ people, tortured, raped, planned to collect insurance

Question 33

factors that decrease the probability of the death penalty

Answer 33

victim: family member or partner, barroom fight

defendant: not the “trigger” person, under 17, retired, student, housewife