Exam 12: Punishment and Sentencing

Which of the following is not true about incarceration?

Many exonerations are not based on DNA evidence but rather on the discovery that police and prosecutors had ignored or hidden _____.

When the commission of a specific crime leads offenders to be required to serve a minimum period of incarceration before release, this is called

Eric has just been sentenced to a short term to be served within the community.  He knows his crime was a mistake and considers this experience to be the first and the last time he will be involved with the criminal justice system.  He plans to do everything that he is required to do and make this time go by as easily as possible. The presiding judge received a ______  report from a probation officer and so had a sense that Eric would not pose a risk to the community.

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 has earned a sentence reduction based upon her participation in various programs.  This reduction is called

Felony cases are processed and offenders are sentenced in the courts of _____ jurisdiction.

_____ is a reduction in a prisoner's sentence as a reward for participation in educational or other rehabilitation programs, and for work assignments, such as disaster relief and conservation projects.

Since the 1970s, capital punishment has been used exclusively for _______ offenses.

Alex was recently found guilty of first-degree murder.  Based upon state law, the judge was forced to use a system/guideline to determine the sentence that he was to receive.  Alex was sentenced to 25 years in prison.  He will spend his time in a prison approximately 25 miles from his home.  Alex was thankful for this sentence because it was a death penalty case otherwise. Alex will be incarcerated for a period of 25 years.  Which goal of punishment does his sentence meet for Alex?

Alex was recently found guilty of first-degree murder.  Based upon state law, the judge was forced to use a system/guideline to determine the sentence that he was to receive.  Alex was sentenced to 25 years in prison.  He will spend his time in a prison approximately 25 miles from his home.  Alex was thankful for this sentence because it was a death penalty case otherwise. The judge in Alex's case most likely had to use _____ to determine the sentence that must be rendered.

______ is punishment designed to be an example for the public.

Punishment that assumes that members of the general public will not commit a crime because they observe the punishment of others who have committed a crime is called

Many legislators, prosecutors, and judges have abandoned rehabilitation as a goal.

Probation officers play a role in sentencing by

How did the abolition of the death penalty in 2011 in Illinois reflect changes in the use of technology? What other issues relating to cost were involved?

Sentencing guidelines provide

In Kennedy v. Louisiana , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty cannot be applied to cases involving child rape.  Did the court make the right decision?  Why or why not?

When imposing a sentence, judges consider one goal only, such as retribution, incapacitation, rehabilitation, or deterrence.

Under the ________  approach, the amount and kind of punishment are calculated to discourage a criminal from repeating the offense.

In _____ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that execution of developmentally disabled defendants was unconstitutional.