Poli 203 UNC Final Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
You are a potential juror in a capital case. The attorney for the
prosecution asks the judge to excuse you from service
without asking for any information from you or giving any
reason, and the judge asks you to leave. What just
happened? - Correct Answers ✅Peremptory challenge
Who were the two inmates recently exonerated in NC? -
Correct Answers ✅McCollum and Brown
Before 1910, what level of government had primary control
over executions in NC? - Correct Answers ✅County
Why has the state of NC not executed anyone since '06? -
Correct Answers ✅RJA, medical board dispute, no approval
method
What was the name of the US Supreme Court decision that
invalidated all existing death
penalty laws in 1972? - Correct Answers ✅Furman v.
Georgia
About 10 of every killers of ____ are executed - Correct
Answers ✅White Women
John Doe is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
After years of being on death row, it becomes known that his
, Poli 203 UNC Final Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
defense attorney was a severe alcoholic during his trial. The
Governor of the state decides that, given the inadequacies of
his defense, John Doe is to be taken off death row and remain
in prison for life without parole (LWOP). What is the legal word
for the Governor's action? - Correct Answers
✅Commutation
In which country were McCollum and Brown convicted and
sentenced - Correct Answers ✅Robeson
How many exonerations havve there been in NC since 1991?
- Correct Answers ✅28 total----- 6 from death row??
Who was Troy Davis convicted of killing? - Correct Answers
✅Officer Mark McPhail (savannah PD)
What percent of the Cloverdale neighborhood of Savannah
population is white? - Correct Answers ✅0%
A capital charge is most likely to be brought against you if
you kill which individuals? - Correct Answers ✅white
female
According to lecture, the minority opinion in Furman v
Georgia focused on what
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
You are a potential juror in a capital case. The attorney for the
prosecution asks the judge to excuse you from service
without asking for any information from you or giving any
reason, and the judge asks you to leave. What just
happened? - Correct Answers ✅Peremptory challenge
Who were the two inmates recently exonerated in NC? -
Correct Answers ✅McCollum and Brown
Before 1910, what level of government had primary control
over executions in NC? - Correct Answers ✅County
Why has the state of NC not executed anyone since '06? -
Correct Answers ✅RJA, medical board dispute, no approval
method
What was the name of the US Supreme Court decision that
invalidated all existing death
penalty laws in 1972? - Correct Answers ✅Furman v.
Georgia
About 10 of every killers of ____ are executed - Correct
Answers ✅White Women
John Doe is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.
After years of being on death row, it becomes known that his
, Poli 203 UNC Final Questions with
Complete Solutions (Latest 2025)
defense attorney was a severe alcoholic during his trial. The
Governor of the state decides that, given the inadequacies of
his defense, John Doe is to be taken off death row and remain
in prison for life without parole (LWOP). What is the legal word
for the Governor's action? - Correct Answers
✅Commutation
In which country were McCollum and Brown convicted and
sentenced - Correct Answers ✅Robeson
How many exonerations havve there been in NC since 1991?
- Correct Answers ✅28 total----- 6 from death row??
Who was Troy Davis convicted of killing? - Correct Answers
✅Officer Mark McPhail (savannah PD)
What percent of the Cloverdale neighborhood of Savannah
population is white? - Correct Answers ✅0%
A capital charge is most likely to be brought against you if
you kill which individuals? - Correct Answers ✅white
female
According to lecture, the minority opinion in Furman v
Georgia focused on what
