Chapter 6 Test Questions

. What is the primary execution method in the U.S. today?

. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, this state is the only state that has executed offenders by firing squad (three people):

. Bailey was the last person who was executed by hanging in this year:

. Which state does not currently have execution by electric chair listed as an authorized method?

. Which state does not currently allow lethal gas as an execution method?

. In Utah, if an inmate was sentenced to die prior to 2004, they are given the option to choose between these two executions:

. Which state was the first to adopt a one-drug protocol instead of three drugs?

. Which state enacted the Lethal Injection Secrecy Act in 2013 to protect drug suppliers, calling this information a "state secret."

. This state banned last meal requests after Lawrence Russell Brewer ordered a feast and then refused to eat any of it.

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