Exam 12: The Death Penalty

18 U.S.C. § 3599-which provides counsel for indigent defendants-does not provide a state prisoner a right to suspension of his federal habeas proceedings when he is adjudged incompetent.

Gregg v. Georgia ruled the death penalty is not cruel and unusual, but states are free to adopt standards higher than the federal standard and end capital punishment at a state level.

In __________, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty is cruel and unusual when imposed in an arbitrary manner, with many justice's opinions focused on standard-less capital sentencing discretion.

Which of the following is not one of the new procedures in Georgia's death penalty cases that the Supreme Court approved in Gregg v. Georgia?

A prisoner is entitled to an execution free of which of the following?

How has the Court's use of the "evolving standards of decency" standard affected capital punishment in the U.S.?

Most appellate cases claim that the death penalty violates which Amendment?