Exam 2: Economics of Capital Punishment

How did the 1972 court case Furman v. Georgia (408 U.S. 238) affect the capital punishment process?

What is the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights' stance on capital punishment based on the American Convention on Human Rights?

What are the two main types of research that relate to the economics of capital punishment?

What is the death penalty?

What is "super due process?"

What happens to the convicted person and his/her trial during the appeals stage?

What is the foundational information an economist needs to study capital punishment?

What is the United Nation's stance on capital punishment based on the United Nations' International Convention of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)?

What are some of the choices made during the pretrial stage?

How did the 2006 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Sanders (546 U.S. 212) affect the capital punishment process?

What are the evolving standards of decency (ESD)?

How did the 2002 Supreme Court decision Atkins v. Virginia (536 U.S. 304) affect the capital punishment process?

What is a capital offense?

How do mitigating circumstances and aggravating circumstances affect a capital trial?

How is life without parole used as an alternative to capital punishment?