Exam 3 chapter 17 Flashcards

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countries where captial punishment has been abolished

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canada, mexico, australia, new zealand, western europe

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five states responsible for more than half of all us executions since ‘76

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Texas, virgina, oklahoma, florida, missouri

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aggravated murder is the ____ crime punishable by _____

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1) only
2) death

ex: for hire, more than one person, of a police officer, of a child, while committing another felony

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under federal law, ____ crimes are punishable by death

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capital

ex: treason, espionage, murdering a government official, using a weapon of mass destruction, sending lethal weapons through the mail

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5
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furman v georgia

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capital punishment was unconstitutional

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gregg v georgia

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death penalty cases are decided by 2 trials using a bifurcated proceeding

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aggravating factors:

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characteristics of the murder and he murderer that make it worse

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8
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mitigating factors

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characteristics that support a life sentence over a death penalty

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9
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atkins v virginia

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put an end to the execution of the intellectually disabled

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10
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ring v arizona

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before the DP can be imposed, a JURY must find one or more aggravating factors were present beyond a reasonable doubt

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hurst v florida

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florida treated the jury rule as advisory and not mandatory; judges could impose DP when a jury wanted a life sentence

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12
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roper v simmons

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abolished the death penalty for juvenile offenders

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13
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kennedy v louisana

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no death for rapists

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14
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Baze v rees

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lethal injection is legal

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15
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bucklew v precythe

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8th amendment did not guarantee a prisoner a painless death

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16
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wainwright v witt

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potential jurors whose beliefs substantially impair their ability to consider or impose a death sentence must be excused

17
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morgan v illinois

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people who want the death penalty too much cant serve

18
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death qualified jurors are ___ likely to ____

A

more
convict

19
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lockhart v mccree

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the research on the death penalty is irrelevant

20
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jurors think that they ___ consider the full range of mitigating factors; if they find any aggravating factors, they ____ to vote for ____; unless they vote for ____, the murderer will be eligible for _____

A

1) cant
2) have
3) death
4) death
5) parole

21
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the more intense a juror’s ____, the more likely they’ll be to vote for ____

A

anger
death

22
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ways to improve jury instructions

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simplify sentences, use concrete language, remove double negatives, use the defendant’s actual name

23
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mcclesky v kemp

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to overturn a DP case based on racial prejeduice, there would need to be strong evidence that jurors acted with discriminatory purposes

24
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states with the death penalty have ____ murder rates than states without

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brutalization effect
executions desensitize people to killing
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____ of DP cases were reversed because of errors at trial ___ of those cases were then found not guilty
68% 7%
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____ people have been wrongfully convicted. ___ were executed
416 23
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___ prisoners released from death row because of exonerated evidence
167
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Baldus, Woodworth, and Pulaski (1990) analyzed 594 homicides in Georgia and found that blacks convicted of killing whites were sentenced to death in _____ of capital cases, while whites convicted of killing blacks were sentenced to death in _____ of capital cases.
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anti-terrorism and effective death penalty act 1996
in response to timothy mcveigh (ok city bomber) reduces habeus corpus petitions, federal appeal of state cases, limited appeals to one year in state cases
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ohio adopted LWOP in ____ texas adpoted LWOP in ___
1995 2005
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factors that increase the probability of getting the death penalty
victim: police officer, stranger, weak/frail, white, under 12 defendant: murder for hire, killed 2+ people, tortured, raped, planned to collect insurance
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factors that decrease the probability of the death penalty
victim: family member or partner, barroom fight defendant: not the "trigger" person, under 17, retired, student, housewife
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