REJ Exam 4 questions & correct answers already
passed
1. Victim Offener Dyad harsher punishment is given based ott of the race
of the
victim and ottender
2. Liberation Hypothesis Oflcials use more discretion in middle level cases
3. 8th amendment No cruel or unusual punishment
4. 14th amendment due process and equal protection
5. Furman v Georgia This 1972 Supreme Court case struck down all
state laws allowing the death penalty stating that
they allowed for too much discretion on the part
of the judge and jury resulting in lack of consistent
administration of the penalty.
6. what did Furman v Georgia a 4 yer moratorium on executions
result in
7. Gregg v Georgia The USSC ruled capital punishment is
constitutional when there are guides
discretion statutes
8. guided discretion statutes mandated that death penalty cases must:
-have two stages (first determines guilt, second sen-
tencing)
-only applicable for 1st-degree murder with at least
one aggravating factor
-must consider mitigating factor
-must come with one automatic appeal
9. Coker v Georgia USSC ruled you could not be sentenced to death
for rape
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,REJ Exam 4 questions & correct answers already
passed
10. Atkins V Virginia violation of the 8th amendment to execute an
individual who is mentally ill
2/
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,REJ Exam 4 questions & correct answers already
passed
11. Roper v Simmons violation of the 8th amendment to sentence
juveniles to death
12. Marshall Hypothesis The idea that the more informed individuals are
about
the death penalty, the less likely they will be to support it.
13. when does the support for capital when an individual is ottered alternatives
such as life In
punishment decrease prison
14. how many states have the DP 27
15. what percentage of those
sen- tenced to death were 34%
back
16. what percentage of death penalty 75%
cases involve a white victim
17. what percentage of deaths involve 50%
a white person
18. what race has more people black people
on death row, white people
or black people
19. what region executes the the south
most people
20. how many people have been 1290
exe- cuted in the south
21. examples of federal capital cases -homicide
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, REJ Exam 4 questions & correct answers already
passed
-espionage and treason
-non-homicidal narcotic ottenses
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passed
1. Victim Offener Dyad harsher punishment is given based ott of the race
of the
victim and ottender
2. Liberation Hypothesis Oflcials use more discretion in middle level cases
3. 8th amendment No cruel or unusual punishment
4. 14th amendment due process and equal protection
5. Furman v Georgia This 1972 Supreme Court case struck down all
state laws allowing the death penalty stating that
they allowed for too much discretion on the part
of the judge and jury resulting in lack of consistent
administration of the penalty.
6. what did Furman v Georgia a 4 yer moratorium on executions
result in
7. Gregg v Georgia The USSC ruled capital punishment is
constitutional when there are guides
discretion statutes
8. guided discretion statutes mandated that death penalty cases must:
-have two stages (first determines guilt, second sen-
tencing)
-only applicable for 1st-degree murder with at least
one aggravating factor
-must consider mitigating factor
-must come with one automatic appeal
9. Coker v Georgia USSC ruled you could not be sentenced to death
for rape
1/
35
,REJ Exam 4 questions & correct answers already
passed
10. Atkins V Virginia violation of the 8th amendment to execute an
individual who is mentally ill
2/
35
,REJ Exam 4 questions & correct answers already
passed
11. Roper v Simmons violation of the 8th amendment to sentence
juveniles to death
12. Marshall Hypothesis The idea that the more informed individuals are
about
the death penalty, the less likely they will be to support it.
13. when does the support for capital when an individual is ottered alternatives
such as life In
punishment decrease prison
14. how many states have the DP 27
15. what percentage of those
sen- tenced to death were 34%
back
16. what percentage of death penalty 75%
cases involve a white victim
17. what percentage of deaths involve 50%
a white person
18. what race has more people black people
on death row, white people
or black people
19. what region executes the the south
most people
20. how many people have been 1290
exe- cuted in the south
21. examples of federal capital cases -homicide
3/
35
, REJ Exam 4 questions & correct answers already
passed
-espionage and treason
-non-homicidal narcotic ottenses
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