CHAPTER 14 CRJ 320 MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
The due process model of criminal justice believes the death penalty should be
abolished because - ANSWER-a. it is morally wrong for the state to take a life.
The crime control model of criminal justice believes that the death penalty should be
retained because - ANSWER-a. it is morally acceptable to take the life of a person who
has already taken another person's life.
Advocates of the due process model stress that - ANSWER-c. death penalty trials
involved procedural irregularities.
The Court has narrowed the list of death-eligible offenders by striking down death
penalty provisions for most crimes. Which of the following crimes remains an open
question? - ANSWER-d. treason.
Proponents of the Due Process Model make which of the following arguments against
the death penalty? - ANSWER-d. The death penalty is immoral, does not provide a
deterrent, and is unfairly administered.
The Court has narrowed the list of death-eligible cases by striking down death penalty
provisions for which of the following? - ANSWER-a. Offenders who committed their
crime when they were less than 18 years of age.
b. Offenders who are mentally retarded.
c. Offenders who commit rape.
d. All of these answers are correct.
D is correct
In what case, in 1976, did the U.S. Supreme Court upheld guided discretion death
penalty laws. - ANSWER-d. Gregg v. Georgia
What two Supreme Court Rulings led to the bifurcated process for death penalty
sentencing? - ANSWER-a. Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia
With regard to the death penalty, the Supreme Court has ruled that - ANSWER-a.
potential jurors may be excluded if they oppose the death penalty.
In what case did the Court declare that most U.S. death penalty laws were
unconstitutional due to their arbitrary nature? - ANSWER-a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)
CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(GRADED A+)
The due process model of criminal justice believes the death penalty should be
abolished because - ANSWER-a. it is morally wrong for the state to take a life.
The crime control model of criminal justice believes that the death penalty should be
retained because - ANSWER-a. it is morally acceptable to take the life of a person who
has already taken another person's life.
Advocates of the due process model stress that - ANSWER-c. death penalty trials
involved procedural irregularities.
The Court has narrowed the list of death-eligible offenders by striking down death
penalty provisions for most crimes. Which of the following crimes remains an open
question? - ANSWER-d. treason.
Proponents of the Due Process Model make which of the following arguments against
the death penalty? - ANSWER-d. The death penalty is immoral, does not provide a
deterrent, and is unfairly administered.
The Court has narrowed the list of death-eligible cases by striking down death penalty
provisions for which of the following? - ANSWER-a. Offenders who committed their
crime when they were less than 18 years of age.
b. Offenders who are mentally retarded.
c. Offenders who commit rape.
d. All of these answers are correct.
D is correct
In what case, in 1976, did the U.S. Supreme Court upheld guided discretion death
penalty laws. - ANSWER-d. Gregg v. Georgia
What two Supreme Court Rulings led to the bifurcated process for death penalty
sentencing? - ANSWER-a. Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia
With regard to the death penalty, the Supreme Court has ruled that - ANSWER-a.
potential jurors may be excluded if they oppose the death penalty.
In what case did the Court declare that most U.S. death penalty laws were
unconstitutional due to their arbitrary nature? - ANSWER-a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)
