Question 1:
Capital Punishment
Answer:
Lawful imposition of the death penalty
Question 2:
How many countries have
the death penalty?
Answer:
55 countries and 2 nations (U.S. and Japan)
Question 3:
How many states have the death penalty?
Answer:
-27 states
-The U.S. military and the federal system use the death
penalty (3 states have a moratorium which means the governor puts a hold on executions)
Question 4:
2021 Death Penalty Stats
Answer:
-11 Execution (3 were federal executions)
-5 White, 6 Black
-1 Female (Missouri)
-2414 inmates on death row in the U.S.
Question 5:
Michigan Death Penalty
Answer:
-Michigan does not have the death penalty
-Abolished in 1857
-Constitutionally banned in 1963
Question 6:
Federal Death Penalty
Answer:
-Issued in 1790
-16 since 1977
Federal Death Row
-Terre Haute, IN, since 1993
-44 inmates on death row
-Method: Lethal Injection
,Question 7:
Last Three People Executed with the Federal Death Penalty (in 2021)
Answer:
-Lisa Montgomery
-Cory Johnson
-Dustin John Higgs
NONE SCHEDULED IN 2022
Question 8:
Who cannot be executed?
Answer:
-Pregnant women
-Children
-Those with intellectual disability
Question 9:
Methods of Execution
Answer:
-Lethal Injection
-Electrocution
-Lethal Gas
-Firing Squad
-Hanging
Question 10:
Lethal Injection
Answer:
-Used in most states
-1,2, or 3 drug protocol
Question 11:
Electrocution
Answer:
Authorized in 8 states (multiple methods)
Question 12:
Lethal Gas
Answer:
Authorized in 7 states (all use injection as primary)
, Question 13:
Firing Squad
Answer:
Authorized in 4 states (Utah, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and South Carolina)
Question 14:
Hanging
Answer:
Authorized in 3 States (New Hampshire, Washington, Delaware)
Question 15:
Arguments FOR the Death Penalty
Answer:
-Deterrence through fear of punishment (General Deterrence)
-Restores moral order
-"Just Desserts"
-Incapacitation (protects society)
-Constitutionally appropriate
-More humane than life in prison
-Reduce costs
-Almost impossible to execute an innocent person
-Closure for victims' families
-Does not deter crime
-Violates human rights
Question 16:
Arguments AGAINST the
Answer:
-Racial minorities most affected
Question 17:
Death Penalty
Answer:
-Too expensive
-Boosts murder rate (brutalizing effect)
-Not all people want vengeance
-Arbitrary and unfair
-Handles youthful offenders and other children
subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
Question 18:
What is the Juvenile Justice
Answer:
-Limited Jurisdiction