Statistics
The States
History
Worldwide
Famous Faces: T or F
100
90% of all executions are carried out in which two areas?
What is the USA and Asia
100
Which state executes more inmates than any other state?
What is Texas
100
Which year did the first known execution take place?
What is 1607
100
What percent of the world has abolished capital punishment?
What is 50%
100
Scott Peterson was put to death for killing his pregnant wife?
What is FALSE - He is still on death row
200
What percentage of the US population supports the death penalty?
What is 65%
200
How many women have been executed since 1976?
What is 12
200
Capital punishment was abolished and then reinstated again. What year was it reinstated?
What is 1976
200
How many countries use capital punishment today?
What is 42
200
The Rosenbergs were put to death by the electric chair for stealing secrets about the atomic bomb?
What is TRUE
300
Approximately how many people have been executed in the United States since colonial times?
What is 13,000
300
How many states allow the death penalty?
What is 38
300
Some countries ban capital punishment unless in a time of what?
What is War
300
Which country has the highest execution rate in the world?
What is China
300
Karla Faye Tucker was put to death in Texas.
What is TRUE
400
What percentage of those executed are too poor to afford a decent lawyer?
What is 90%
400
Along with the 50 states, what other group has established their own capital punishment usage?
What is the Military
400
Name 1 of the 3 'simple offenses' that could have led to the death penalty in colonial America.
What is stealing grapes, killing chickens or cursing at parents
400
In which country can juveniles ages 15-18 be executed on murder charges?
What is Iran
400
Timonthy McVeigh was put to death in the electric chair for killing 168 people in the Oklahoma City Bombing.
What is FALSE - Lethal injection
500
66% of executions take place in only 5 states. Name 3 of them.
What is Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida and Virginia
500
Which state has the most inmates on death row as of the 1st of the year?
What is California
500
Historically, some nations have used capital punishment after abolishing it. Which group considers this act illegal?
What is the United Nations
500
In 2005 alone, it's estimated China executed how many people?
What is 10,000
500
Bruno Hauptmann was executed for killing over 100 women.
What is FALSE - Kidnapping and killing Charles Lindbergh's son
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