Unti 7: Death Penalty

Question 1

Capital punishment

Answer 1

The use of death penalty to punish wrongdoers for certain crimes

-currently is used almost exclusively for murder

Question 2

Arguments for

Answer 2

• death penalty closure for the families of the Victims
• and eye for an eye
• presence of death prevents future crimes

Question 3

Arguments against

Answer 3

• there is a chance of executing someone who is innocent
• death penalty is applied unfairly and disproportionaly affects certain groups of people
• too costly

Question 4

History

Answer 4

-moratorium on the death penalty between 1972 and 1976

• furman v Georgia
• Gregg v Georgia

New provisions:

• bifurcated process
• specific guidelines articulated (mitigating and aggravating circumstances)
• automatic appeal

Question 5

Methods of execution

Answer 5

-hanging, firing squad, gas chamber, lethal injection
-Oklahoma first to abopt lethal injection
-it’s the primary method of execution in all states with death penalty
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Question 6

Shortage of lethal injection drugs

Answer 6

• cutting off supplies of lethal s because of opposition to death penalty
• states with death penalty are struggling to find these drugs needed to do penalty

Question 7

Death penalty IL

Answer 7

Has executed 12 individuals since 1976

• last execution 1999
• march 9,2011 governor quinn signed bill abolished death penalty

Question 8

Capital punishment debate continues

Answer 8

• is the death penalty deterrent?
• is the death penalty applied in a discriminatory manner?
• executions by year, death penalty and race

Question 9

Most likely to be given death penalty

Answer 9

White victim, African American perpetrator

Question 10

Least likely given death penalty

Answer 10

African American victim, white perpetrator