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Death Penalty Debate

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is inherency?

a)

Action that creates change

b)

Action that prevents change

c)

barrier that creates change

d)

barrier that prevents change

2.

For the Death Penalty Affirmative, What is the inherency argument?

a)

Legalized death penalty prevents the State from respecting human dignity

b)

Death penalty supports human dignity

c)

human dignity doesn't matter

d)

human dignity already exists

3.

Which of the following Government Actors is responsible for the affirmative plan?

a)

Congress

b)

Department of Justice

c)

President

d)

Supreme Court

4.

What is solvency?

a)

a drink additive

b)

evidence on how the plan can solve the problem

c)

evidence on how the plan prevents solving the problem

d)

a solution

5.

Why is the affirmative plan an important idea?

a)

because it is fun

b)

because the plan supports human dignity

c)

the plan prevents crimes

d)

the plan supports the death penalty

6.

What is the negatives' argument against inherency?

a)

Numbers of death penalty cases are decreasing

b)

death penalty cases increasing

c)

death penalty doesn't matter

d)

death penalty solves crime

7.

According to the negative, how does supporting the death penalty uphold human dignity?

a)

It increases crime

b)

It causes cruel punishment

c)

It deters crime and provides punishment

d)

It allows for revenge

8.

What is LWOP (in the negative death penalty case)

a)

Learn with other people

b)

Leave without opposing penalty

c)

Life without parole

d)

Life with parole

9.

According to the negative, how would state courts circumvent the aff plan?

a)

State courts will ban the death penalty first

b)

State courts will act to support human dignity

c)

State courts will take on death penalty cases even if the Federal Government bans it

d)

The federal government will prevent state courts from using the death penalty

10.

Other than the death penalty, what is another way the criminal justice system fails to respect human dignity

a)

low imprisonment rates

b)

educational opportunities for inmates

c)

dis-appropriate incarceration rates for people of color

d)

job opportunities for inmates