Prison and Sentencing Quiz

After spending 15 years in prison, he was finally released when new evidence proved he had been______________.

• rehabilitated

• wrongfully convicted

• paroled

• reoffended

Instead of jail time, the judge sentenced her to 200 hours of ________________.

• probation

• community service

• solitary confinement

• maximum security

The country abolished the __________ due to human rights concerns.

• surveillance

• open prison

• death penalty

• parole

He has been on __________ for over a decade, awaiting execution.

• life sentence

• electronic tag

• death row

• retrial

Harsh penalties are meant to act as a _____________.

• deterrent

• parole

• non-custodial sentence

• quash

The defense claimed __________ due to the defendant’s mental health issues.

• mitigating circumstances

• diminished responsibility

• parole

• life sentence

He was fitted with an __________ to monitor his movements while under house arrest.

• surveillance

• electronic tag

• parole

• community service

Inmates are allowed one hour a day in the ____________.

• open prison

• solitary confinement

• exercise yard

• parole office

She received a hefty __________ for illegal dumping of toxic waste.

• sentence

• fine

• parole

• retrial

__________ is still practiced in some countries as a form of capital punishment.

• Hanging

• Solitary confinement

• Electronic tagging

• Open prison