Death Penalty

I am in favor of the death penalty

• Yes

• Maybe

• No

• Depends

Another name for the death penalty is

• death

• capital punishment

• capital execution

• penalty

Deterrence means

• something that helps increase crime

• crime rates will be lower

• the attempt to discourage criminality through the use of punishment

• the attempt to get criminals in jail

Execution means

• the carrying out of a sentence of death on a condemned person.

• the laying out of a sentence of death on a condemned person.

• to grab a happy meal

• life in prison

One reason why someone can not be put to death

• underage

• did not mean to commit the crime

• pleaded the innocence

• did not understand the law

Cons to the death penalty

• does not cost much

• not racist

• It is cruel and unusual

• it is fair

Statistically, what race is most executed in the United States?

• whites
• blacks
• hispanics
• middle easterners

What conclusion can be made about interracial murders (blacks killing whites, versus whites killing blacks)?

• If a black person is killed, the killer is more likely to be put to death.
• If a white person is killed the killer is less likely to be put to death.
• If a black person is killed, the killer is less likely to be put to death.
• If a white person is killed, the killer is more likely to be put to death.

Firing Squad

• cops who mistakenly kill someone

• a form of execution that involves hanging

• A form of execution involving the death of an individual by a gunshot to the heart. Death occurs as a result of rapid blood loss.

What is the most common method of execution

• hanging

• lethal injection

• firing squad

• drowning