Exam 12: Punishment and Sentencing

Jenna works for the Innocence Project.She is currently working on a case for a client who claims that she was wrongly convicted.Her client was given a 20-year sentence for murder,but she has earned a sentence reduction based upon her participation in various programs.This reduction is called

_____ is a sentence in which the offender is released after a short incarceration and resentenced to probation.

The goal of deterrence assumes that criminals are rational beings.

The use of DNA evidence has been widely known to lead to exonerations.What other factors may contribute to exonerations?

Presentence reports are prepared carefully to avoid stereotyping defendants.

The late Chief Justice ______ actively sought to reduce the opportunities for capital punishment defendants to have their appeals heard by multiple courts.

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

The United States is one of the only democracies that still imposes the death penalty.Should this change? Why or why not?

Which demographic group is overrepresented in the prison population of most states?

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

_____ indicate to judges the expected sanctions for certain offenses.

The assumption that people weigh the benefits of an action against the cost applies to which goal of punishment?

You are a judge who has been asked by the governor of your state to discuss the various types of sentencing available to you.She wants you to describe the various forms of incarceration,discuss whether intermediate sanctions are useful and fair to the indigent,and explain whether probation poses any threat to the community.How will you help the governor understand what she wants to know?

When the goal of punishment is to restore a convicted offender to society through therapy,this is called

A presentence report is prepared by

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

Sentencing decisions are most often based on specific formulas.

Felony cases are processed and offenders are sentenced in courts of ________.

The goal of restoring a convicted offender to society through educational training is called ______.

________ refers to laws that require offenders to serve a substantial portion of their sentence before being released on parole.