QUIZ 1.Use with NATIONAL, pages 8-15 MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Political experts say President Clinton won the White House in 1992 by veering away from traditional policies of the Democratic Party. Which policies? (a) deceptive;(b) religious; (c) mainstream; (d) liberal. 2. Republicans are reaching out to two groups that historically vote for Derhocrats. Which groups? (a) business owners and lawyers; (b) African Americans and Latinos; (c) whites and Asians; (d) Native Americans and Protestants. 3. The outcome of the presidential election campaign is expected to depend on the choice made by voters who are suburban and (a) independent; (b) loyal; (c) wealthy; (d) religious. SHORT ANSWER: Write the correct answer on the line provided. 4. It's the political term that describes someone who is neither liberal nor conservative.-- 5. The Republican platform--a statement of principles and goals--pledges to bar this medical procedure.-- 6. Governor George W. Bush defines himself as this type of conservative.-- 7. Police relied on Connie Babin's testimony against Shareef Cousin Shareef Cousin was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death at the age of 16 in 1996[1]. He became one of the youngest condemned convicts to be put on death row in the United States[2]. . Why?-- 8. Police ignored Cousin's alibi. What was he doing when Michael Gerardi was killed?-- 9. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. study, what fraction of death-penalty appeals result in overturned convictions?-- 10. This high-tech medical test has been used to successfully overturn death sentences.-- 11. The U.S. has refused to ratify this organization's Convention on the Rights of the Child The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, often referred to as CRC or UNCRC, is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children. , which calls for outlawing the death penalty for those who kill as teens.-- 12. In 1976, this arm of the federal government reinstituted the death penalty.-- CRITICAL THINKING: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. 13. Read the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Do you agree with the Supreme Court that lethal injection  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. does not violate the
Constitution's prohibition against "cruel and unusual
punishment Such punishment as would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the Common Law, or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community. "? Why or why not?
14. A large percentage of death-penalty cases involving court-appointed defense attorneys are overturned. Why do you think this is the case? 15. Amnesty International Amnesty International (AI,) human-rights organization founded in 1961 by Englishman Peter Benenson; it campaigns internationally against the detention of prisoners of conscience, for the fair trial of political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty and torture of , a human-rights group, reports that many studies show that prosecuting a death-penalty case costs more than prosecuting a murder case in which the death penalty is not sought. Can you think of a reason why pursuing the death penalty might be more costly? 1. (d); 2. (b); 3. (a); 4. moderate/middle-of-the-road; 5. abortion; 6. compassionate; 7. She was an eyewitness. 8. playing basketball; 9. two-thirds; 10. DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. ; 11. United Nations; 12. Supreme Court 13. Agree: It is obviously more humane than electrocution electrocution Method of execution in which the condemned person is subjected to a heavy charge of electric current. The prisoner is shackled into a wired chair, and electrodes are fastened to the head and one leg so that the current will flow through the body. , hanging, or other methods. Disagree: Whatever the method, execution terrorizes the condemned, and terror is cruel punishment. 14. These attorneys must take on a burden for which they receive little pay and thus have little incentive to work diligently. 15. Appeals of death sentences take years, and that time means big money when courts and attorneys must essentially try the same case over and over. |
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