Chapter 8 Quiz Flashcards
How do attitudes in Texas about the death penalty differ from the those outside the state?
Texans, more than other states’ residents, prefer it as a method of punishment.
The idea that citizens must be able to fend for themselves is referred to as _____ justice.
Frontier.
Rather than building new prisons in Texas, the legislature has turned to lowering recidivism (the return of inmates previously released from prison) by focusing on…
the expansion of state rehabilitation facilities, including mental health and substance abuse facilities.
Indigent defense refers most centrally to…
rights of poor defendants to legal representation
Which of the following most accurately describes the loser pay law?
Losing plaintiffs must pay the legal fees of successful defendants.
The United States has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world.
True.
Humanitarian concern was the primary motivation for the recent funding for rehabilitation programs.
False.
The underlying problem cited among Texas prisons in Ruiz v. Estelle (1972) was overcrowding.
True.
Proponents of prison privatization argue cost savings as its primary benefit.
True.
Tort reform refers to placing limits on the availability of parole for prison inmates.
False.
The castle doctrine of Texas requires a homeowner to make an earnest attempt to retreat before using deadly force.
False.
Since 1976, Texas has carried out more executions than all other states combined.
False.
Taxpayers pay more for the average death penalty case in Texas than they pay to house an inmate serving a forty-year sentence.
True.
Costs of a death penalty case in California exceed those in Texas.
True.
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to execute defendants who are mentally retarded.
True.
Texas uses lethal injection to execute inmates.
False.
More Hispanics have been executed in Texas than whites since 1983.
False.
California has executed five hundred fewer inmates since 1976 than Texas.
True.
Texas courts have reputation for favoring…
corporate interests.
Loser pay laws benefit corporate defendants.
True.
In practice, Texas law has not been supportive of the rights of…
the accused.
Private prison company GEO Group, Inc. was fired following the suicide of a juvenile in their facility.
True.
Texans have no provisions for indigent defense.
False.
