Ch. 11 Legal Issues and the Death Penalty

The majority of states use this form of execution:

• electrocution

• firing squad

• hanging

• lethal injection

Which of the following terms is described as legal rules that are designed to implement in detail the policies of a specific agency?

• Habeas Corpus

• Litigation

• Case Law

• Regulations

The right to due process, right to a hearing, right to call witnesses, right to cross examine people, and right to a written formal dispositions are guaranteed by which amendment?

• 8th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 5th Amendment.

Which of the following terms is described as legal rules that are produced by judges' decisions

• Regulaions

• Case Law

• Habeas Corpus

• None of the Above.

All of the following are alternatives to litigation EXCEPT

• Ombudsman

• Inmate Grievance Procedures

• Death Penalty

• Mediation

Which of the following Supreme Court Cases decided that states must have bifurcated hearings to determine guilt and the proper punishment

• Belle v. Wolfish

• Gregg v. Georgia

• Furman v Georgia

• Hudson v Palmer

Which amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail and fines?

• 14th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

Which of the following alternatives is described when a staff member or committee receives a complaint, investigates the complaint, and then makes a decision?

• Inmate Grievance

• Mediation

• Constitution

• Ombudsman

a writ (judicial order) asking a person holding another person to produce the prisoner and give reasons to justify their continued confinement

• Habeas Corpus

• Rational Basis Test

• Totality of Conditions

• Precedent

Which supreme court case ruled that the death penalty was constitutional although the implementation was considered cruel and unusual punishement?

• Roper v Simmons

• Johnson v Avery

• Gregg v Georgia

• Furman v Georgia