Capital Punishment

Which of the following are used for execution purposes in the United States?

• Electric Chair

• Gas Chamber

• Lethal Injection

• all of these

What used in the earliest form of execution in the U.S.?

• hanging

• electrocution

• beheading

• firing squad

Which Amendment protects against cruel and excessive punishment?

• 6th

• 4th

• 8th

• 5th

Which of the following court cases dealt with grounds of racial discrimination in the death penalty?

• Terry v. Ohio

• McClesky v. Kemp

• Atkins v. Virginia

• Mapp v. Ohio

Which of the following court cases dealt with the execution of the developmentally disabled as unconstitutional?

• Mapp v. Ohio

• McClesky v. Kemp

• Atkins v. Virignia

• Terry v. Ohio

In how many states is the death penalty legal?

• 18

• 29

• 35

• 20

How many people were executed in 2018?

• 42

• 16

• 37

• 25

How many people are on death row in the U.S.? (As of April 2019)

• 2,673

• 1,834

• 3,402

• 4,313

How many people have been executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976?

• 907

• 2,134

• 1,499

• 3,026

How many women are currently on death row?

• 9

• 54

• 106

• 203