Short Answer
Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Ruling that required an objective standard of reasonableness for defense counsel
b. Circumstances that increase seriousness of crime
c. A moral argument for capital punishment
d. Ruling that execution of the developmentally disabled is unconstitutional
e. Execution method developed in the late 1970s
f. Separate hearings for guilt and sentencing
g. Ruling that the execution of the mentally ill is unconstitutional
h. Circumstances that invite mercy
i. Ruling that only juries should decide whether to implement the death penalty
j. First ruling that the death penalty is constitutional if it is not administered in a cruel and usual fashion
-Three-drug protocol
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Q21: In Ford v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court
Q22: Public executions were common until the 1830s,
Q23: The number of minorities on death row
Q24: The term refers to the idea that
Q25: The Amendment protects against cruel and unusual
Q27: A moral argument for the death penalty
Q28: In polls, public support for capital punishment
Q29: The number of death sentences carried out
Q30: In most Western democracies, the death penalty
Q31: The death penalty has been criticized for