Exam 11: Capital Punishment

For many retentionists,________ is the only justification required for lawful punishment.

Suppose there is strong scientific evidence showing that the execution of criminals deters serious criminal behavior better than lesser punishments such as imprisonment.This data would suggest that the deterrence argument is:

Punishment by execution of someone officially judged to have committed a serious crime is called:

Those who want to continue the policy of capital punishment are called:

Delma Banks Jr.may not have received a fair trial because of poor representation.If so,the injustice in the conduct of the trial would:

A man plans to kill his wife,waits for the right opportunity,and does the deed.He would therefore be guilty of:

Suppose a friend of yours says that she's glad a murderer was recently sentenced to the gas chamber,because murderers deserve to die.Her comment implies that she accepts the ________ theory of punishment.

A utilitarian who wants to argue against the death penalty might be expected to say that:

The central legal issue in the Clarence E.Hill case is:

Some argue that the death penalty could encourage violent crime instead of just deterring it,that violent criminals who know they are likely to get the death penalty may commit murder to avoid being captured.This argument is:

Suppose a utilitarian abolitionist argues that the death penalty is too costly to implement in a democratic society.A plausible nonconsequentialist reply is that:

Suppose,as retentionists claim,the death penalty is recognized by would-be criminals as a more severe punishment than life in prison.Would it then follow that the death penalty deters murderers better than life in prison does?

Lex talionis is the idea that:

Suppose the state of Ohio wanted to execute a boy who was fifteen when he murdered his parents.According to the Supreme Court,such an execution would be:

A man does not plan to kill his wife and has no intention of doing so,but one night he becomes enraged at her for insulting him,and he stabs her to death.He would therefore be guilty of:

Those who oppose capital punishment are known as:

Many retentionists believe that:

The Supreme Court has ruled that if a jury imposes the death penalty without any legal guidance,the practice would constitute:

The issue of forgiving a criminal (for example,commuting a death sentence to life in prison)forces us to confront a contradiction between mercy (giving someone a break)and:

Underpinning many retributive views of capital punishment is a Kantian emphasis on: