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Capital Punishment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are used for execution purposes in the United States?

a)

Electric chair

b)

Gas chamber

c)

Lethal injection

d)

All answers are correct

2.

This is an example of which form of execution?

a)

Electric chair

b)

Lethal injection

c)

Gas chamber

3.

This is an example of which form of execution?

a)

Electric chair

b)

Lethal injection

c)

Gas chamber

4.

The earliest form of execution was:

a)

Electrocution

b)

Firing squad

c)

Beheading

d)

Hanging

5.

Which amendment protects against cruel and excessive punishment

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Which of the following court cases dealt with grounds of racial discrimination in the death penalty?

a)

McCleskey v Kemp

b)

Atkins v. Virginia

c)

Terry v Ohio

d)

Mapp v Ohio

7.

Which of the following court cases dealt with execution of the developmentally disabled as unconstitutional?

a)

Mapp v Ohio

b)

Terry v Ohio

c)

McClesky v Kemp

d)

Atkins v Virginia

8.

The term means guilty mind.

a)

Actus reus

b)

Mens rea

c)

Concurrence

d)

Mala in Se

9.

Type of personality disorder where person is extremely antisocial and lacks a guilty conscience of their actions.

a)

Schizophrenia

b)

Depression

c)

Sociopath

d)

Bipolar

10.

Brain disorder where people have a problem and distort reality.

a)

Sociopath

b)

Schizophrenia

c)

Depression

11.

Which term means guilty of the act?

a)

Actus rea

b)

Mens reus

c)

Concurrence

d)

Mala in Se

12.

In Mississippi, murder with aggravating circumstances is defined as _______?

a)

Capital murder

b)

Aggravated murder

c)

Murder

d)

Manslaughter

13.

First person electrocuted in MIssissippi...

a)

Hinds county

b)

Stone county

c)

George county

d)

Jackson county

14.

Location in Mississippi where males are executed.

a)

Lowndes

b)

Parchman

c)

Hinds

d)

Jackson

15.

Bipolar is a behavioral disorder characterized by mood swings.

a)
True
b)
False
16.

Conditions that are considered in deciding charges and punishment:

a)

personal circumstances

b)

mitigating circumstances

c)

legal circumstances

d)

social circumstances

17.

U.S. Supreme court is the highest appeals court in the nation?

a)
True
b)
False
18.

America got most of its laws and even sentencing practices from:

a)

Germany

b)

Spain

c)

Egypt

d)

England

19.

Deterrence is the best way to prevent people from committing crimes?

a)
True
b)
False
20.

Which amendment guarantees the right to a fair trial?

a)

4th

b)

5th

c)

6th

d)

8th