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WorksheetsCapital Punishment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following are used for execution purposes in the United States?
Electric chair
Gas chamber
Lethal injection
All answers are correct
This is an example of which form of execution?
Electric chair
Lethal injection
Gas chamber
This is an example of which form of execution?
Electric chair
Lethal injection
Gas chamber
The earliest form of execution was:
Electrocution
Firing squad
Beheading
Hanging
Which amendment protects against cruel and excessive punishment
Which of the following court cases dealt with grounds of racial discrimination in the death penalty?
McCleskey v Kemp
Atkins v. Virginia
Terry v Ohio
Mapp v Ohio
Which of the following court cases dealt with execution of the developmentally disabled as unconstitutional?
Mapp v Ohio
Terry v Ohio
McClesky v Kemp
Atkins v Virginia
The term means guilty mind.
Actus reus
Mens rea
Concurrence
Mala in Se
Type of personality disorder where person is extremely antisocial and lacks a guilty conscience of their actions.
Schizophrenia
Depression
Sociopath
Bipolar
Brain disorder where people have a problem and distort reality.
Sociopath
Schizophrenia
Depression
Which term means guilty of the act?
Actus rea
Mens reus
Concurrence
Mala in Se
In Mississippi, murder with aggravating circumstances is defined as _______?
Capital murder
Aggravated murder
Murder
Manslaughter
First person electrocuted in MIssissippi...
Hinds county
Stone county
George county
Jackson county
Location in Mississippi where males are executed.
Lowndes
Parchman
Hinds
Jackson
Bipolar is a behavioral disorder characterized by mood swings.
Conditions that are considered in deciding charges and punishment:
personal circumstances
mitigating circumstances
legal circumstances
social circumstances
U.S. Supreme court is the highest appeals court in the nation?
America got most of its laws and even sentencing practices from:
Germany
Spain
Egypt
England
Deterrence is the best way to prevent people from committing crimes?
Which amendment guarantees the right to a fair trial?
4th
5th
6th
8th
