Court cases

Question 1

Bounds v. Smith (1977)

Answer 1

Determined that prison systems must provide inmates with law libraries or professional legal assistance.

Question 2

1974 Wolff v. McDonnell

Answer 2

disciplinary proceedings must include written notice to the defendant of the charges, a written statement of evidence, and the opportunity for an inmate to call witnesses and present evidence.

Question 3

Zebulon Brockway

Answer 3

first person to start parole
came up with the Irish system

Question 4

Johnson v. Avery (1969)

Answer 4

cannot ignore prisoners from educational material in hopes to get out

Question 5

Cooper v Pate 1964

Answer 5

denied Cooper muslim religious practices
- people who were incarcerated could file suit against prison officials if their rights were violated.

Question 6

Furman v. Georgia (1972)

Answer 6

• 3 black men robbery
  The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment on ways it is applied
• requirements for states to make death penalty rules

Question 7

Ring v. Arizona (2002)

Answer 7

Juries must decide on death or life in prison

Question 8

Coker v Georgia 1977

Answer 8

death penalty in rape cases is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed.
excessive punishment

Question 9

Ford v. Wainwright (1986)

Answer 9

ford had schizophrenia and not sane
rules that executing the mentally insane is cruel and unusual and therefore unconstitutional.

Question 10

Estelle v. Gamble (1976)

Answer 10

mandates inmate health care reflect what is available to citizens in general public
- gamble was ignored by doctor order to move prisoner to lower bed with back pain by prison

Question 11

Obama pell grant

Answer 11

• helped improve college education for prisoners
• not paid by tax dollars
• still exist

Question 12

Second Chance Act Federal

Answer 12

• signed by bush in 2008
• image is eligible can allow them to leave prison early
• time will be spent in home detention, programs, get a job, etc.

Question 13

Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

Answer 13

• Gregg was sent to death and appealed sentence
• escaped prison, and died in a bar fight three days later
• death penalty is legal
• 1 or more circumstance of aggravating

Question 14

Roper v. Simmons

Answer 14

17 year old tried as an adult and sentenced to death
unconstitutional to impose the death penalty for a crime committed by a child under the age of 18.

Question 15

Tommy Zieglar case

Answer 15

Oldest serving death inmate in Florida
possibly innocent

Question 16

Hurst v. Florida (2016)

Answer 16

Florida’s capital sentencing scheme was in violation of the 6th amendment which guarantees the right to trial by jury

Question 17

McKeiver vs. US (1971)

Answer 17

No requirement for a jury trial in juvenile cases

Question 18

Breed v. Jones (1975)

Answer 18

double jeopardy for juveniles
- Cannot be tried in adult court once you are adjudicated in juvenile court

Question 19

Graham v. Florida (2010)

Answer 19

sending a juvenile to life in prisonment without parole for non homicide cases is unconstitutional

Question 20

Miller v. Alabama (2012)

Answer 20

mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders

Question 21

Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016)

Answer 21

opposite of miller decision, and further allows but limits sentences of life without the possibility of parole for juveniles
Montgomery is still on death row

Question 22

Evidence based practice

Answer 22

• scientific method to determine what works, what’s promising, and what doesn’t work
• implement what does work and discontinue what doesn’t work