Chapter 4 Test Questions

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. The issue in Atkins v Virginia was in regards to:

The age of the defendant correct incorrect

The intelligence of the defendant correct incorrect

The race of the defendant correct incorrect

The race of the victim correct incorrect

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. This was of great importance in the Atkins v. Virginia decision:

The evolving standards of decency correct incorrect

The age of the defendant correct incorrect

The race of the victim correct incorrect

The race of the defendant correct incorrect

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. This was the Amendment at issue in Ring v. Arizona:

8th correct incorrect

14th correct incorrect

6th correct incorrect

2nd correct incorrect

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. The Supreme Court ruling in Ring v. Arizona was:

Only the judge makes the decision on sentencing a defendant to death correct incorrect

Only the jury makes the decision on sentencing a defendant to death correct incorrect

Both the judge and jury make the decision on sentencing a defendant to death correct incorrect

Neither the judge nor the jury make the decision on sentencing a defendant to death correct incorrect

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. The Supreme Court ruling in Ring v. Arizona did the following:

Diminished the power of judicial discretion in capital cases correct incorrect

Diminished the power of the juries in capital cases correct incorrect

Diminished the power of both judges and juries in capital cases correct incorrect

Diminished the rights of the defendants correct incorrect

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. The difference between Ring v. Arizona and Walton v. Arizona is:

Ring gave trial judges complete sentencing authority in capital cases correct incorrect

Walton gave trial judges complete sentencing authority in capital cases correct incorrect

Walton gave the jury complete sentencing authority in capital cases correct incorrect

There was no difference in sentencing authority in capital cases correct incorrect

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. In Roper v. Simmons, the Courts ruled that:

Intellectually challenged offenders cannot receive the death penalty correct incorrect

Convicted rapists cannot receive the death penalty correct incorrect

Murder for monetary gain can be punishable by the death penalty correct incorrect

Offenders under the age of 18 cannot receive the death penalty correct incorrect

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. One of the differences between juvenile and adult offenders is:

Juveniles suffer from identity crises correct incorrect

Juveniles are less reckless than adults correct incorrect

Juveniles don't understand how heinous murder is correct incorrect

Adults suffer from identity crises correct incorrect

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. Another difference between juvenile and adult offenders is:

Adults know what they are doing when they commit murder correct incorrect

Juveniles are impressionable and susceptible to peer pressure correct incorrect

Juveniles have a hard time differentiating between right and wrong correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. The defendants' argument in Baze and Bowling v. Reez was essentially:

Juveniles should not be executed correct incorrect

Intellectually challenged offenders should not be executed correct incorrect

An accomplice who is not aware a victim will be murdered should not be executed correct incorrect

Death by lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment correct incorrect