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Sentencing, Appeals, and the Death Penalty
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1
Which of the following is
not
a general type of punishment used in the United States today?
A)
corporal punishment
B)
capital punishment
C)
fines
D)
imprisonment
2
A judge in the United States has the option to
A)
sentence an offender to "time served" in jail awaiting trial
B)
order two or more prison sentences to run consecutively
C)
order an offender to pay restitution
D)
all of the above
3
An example of indeterminate sentencing is
A)
two life sentences, served concurrently
B)
a sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison
C)
community service, victim resitution, combined with probation
D)
20 years in prison
4
The growth of determinate sentencing was a result of
A)
increased questions of whether offenders could be rehabilitated at all
B)
public outcry about rising crime
C)
a distrust of decisions made by parole boards
D)
all of the above
5
A sentence that does not allow for a reduction in the length of the sentence for good time is
A)
flat-time sentencing
B)
indeterminate sentencing
C)
mandatory sentencing
D)
presumptive sentencing
6
A criticism of indeterminate sentencing is that
A)
there is great disparity in sentences handed out for similar crimes by different judges
B)
it shifts sentencing discretion from judges to legislatures and prosecutors
C)
overcrowding has forced prisons to abandon the idea of rehabilitation
D)
it produces longer prison sentences
7
Just desserts is a form of
A)
retribution
B)
incapacitation
C)
restoration
D)
rehabilitation
8
The idea of restoration is
A)
to restore an offender to a meaningful place as a productive member of society
B)
to restore a community to its status before harm was done through crime
C)
to restore victims to their previous state and make them whole again
D)
all of the above
9
The process through which a convicted offender can address the court prior to sentencing is known as
A)
arraignment
B)
adjudication
C)
allocution
D)
pardon
10
Which of the following is
not
something that affects sentencing decisions by judges?
A)
the law school the judge attended
B)
the marital status of the defense attorney
C)
the judge's prejudices toward the defendant
D)
the number of offenders the judge defended early in his or her career
11
Which of the following is
not
a legal method of execution today in the United States?
A)
hanging
B)
firing squad
C)
lethal gas
D)
beheading
12
The court case that upheld guided-discretion statutes, effectively reinstating the use of the death penalty, was
A)
Furhman v. Georgia
B)
Jackson v. Georgia
C)
Woodson v. North Carolina
D)
Gregg v. Georgia
13
The total number of people executed in the United States since 1977 is
A)
fewer than 500
B)
more than 650
C)
more than 1,000
D)
fewer than 300
14
The Supreme Court has held that the death penalty is warranted in cases of
A)
aggravated murder
B)
rape of an adult female
C)
kidnapping, whether or not the victim is killed
D)
all of the above
15
Appellate review of death penalty sentences is
A)
automatic in all jurisdictions
B)
automatic in almost all jurisdictions
C)
not necessary because of the protections offered by a bifurcated trial
D)
allowed only when the defendant can prove a constitutional error was made during the trial
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