The Death Penalty in the United States

What is another name for the death penalty?

• Criminal punishment

• Capital punishment

• Federal punishment

• Legal execution

For which crime is the death penalty usually used today in the U.S.?

• Theft

• Fraud

• Aggravated murder

• Drug possession

In which year did the U.S. Supreme Court stop executions in the case Furman v. Georgia?

• 1965

• 1972

• 1980

• 1990

Which Supreme Court case allowed the death penalty again in 1976?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Gregg v. Georgia

• Roe v. Wade

Which state has carried out the most executions since 1976?

• Florida

• Alabama

• Texas

• California

What is the most common method of execution today?

• Electric chair

• Hanging

• Lethal injection

• Gas chamber

Which of these was an older execution method used in the past?

• Electric chair

• Nitrogen gas only

• Water injection

• Sedation chamber

What does a moratorium on executions mean?

• Executions are increased

• Executions are temporarily paused

• Executions happen only once a year

• Executions are done in secret

Which organization works to free wrongly convicted prisoners?

• Justice Foundation

• Human Law Center

• Innocence Project

• Freedom Court

Approximately how many people sentenced to death have later been proven innocent since the 1970s?

• About 50

• About 100

• More than 190

• More than 500