Exam 12: Punishment and Sentencing

Jenna works for the Innocence Project.  She is currently working on a case where her client states that she was wrongly convicted.  Jenna has been reviewing the court transcripts and has determined that the prosecutor seems to have withheld information that was pertinent to the case.  Jenna's client was given a 20-year sentence for murder.  She has reduced that sentence by participating in programs and through her positive behavior while incarcerated. A tornado devastated the local town and  Jenna's client went to assist in the recovery.  As a result the client received a reduction in her sentence.  This is referred to as

This group works tirelessly to exonerate those who have been unjustly incarcerated?

______ is the state with the most defendants on death row.

Gender does not affect sentencing decisions.

Which purposes of punishment is the death penalty designed to serve?

A(n)_____ sentence is determined by statute and cannot be altered by a judge.

Studies in Pennsylvania show that the largest risk to being sentenced is to be young, male, and black.

The development of DNA technology has increased the number of people convicted by juries and later exonerated by science.

Which of the following statements about the death penalty is true?

Which of the following is true regarding presentence reports?

By a 7-to-2 vote in _____, the justices concluded that the attorneys for the death row inmates had not proven that the use of lethal injection violates the Eighth Amendment.

The death penalty was found to be racially discriminatory by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jenna works for the Innocence Project.  She is currently working on a case where her client states that she was wrongly convicted.  Jenna has been reviewing the court transcripts and has determined that the prosecutor seems to have withheld information that was pertinent to the case.  Jenna's client was given a 20-year sentence for murder.  She has reduced that sentence by participating in programs and through her positive behavior while incarcerated. Jenna was able to request and confirm a new test for her client in order to prove her innocence.  She, most likely, is having her client's _______ tested.

The advent of ____ analysis has had a large impact on exonerating the innocent.

Jenna works for the Innocence Project.  She is currently working on a case where her client states that she was wrongly convicted.  Jenna has been reviewing the court transcripts and has determined that the prosecutor seems to have withheld information that was pertinent to the case.  Jenna's client was given a 20-year sentence for murder.  She has reduced that sentence by participating in programs and through her positive behavior while incarcerated. Jenna's client was given an incarceration rate of 20 years.  She was most likely sentenced under _________ sentencing.

Eyewitness error is not a reason for wrongful convictions.

Attitudes of judges factor into sentencing decisions.

Misdemeanor or lower courts hear about _______% of criminal cases.

Which of the following is true about the death penalty?

A(n) _____ sentence is a sentence for which the legislature or a commission sets a minimum and maximum range of months or years. Judges are to fix the length of the sentence within that range, allowing for special circumstances.