Prisons
Probation & Parole
Insanity Defense
The Death Penalty
Totally Irrelevant Sh*t
100
The TWO terms refer to the earliest prison system where inmates were kept in their cell for the ENTIRE sentence...
Solitary/Pennsylvania
100
If an individual is granted this, they can leave prison early...
Parole
100
This was the first written, formal insanity defense
Wild Beast Defense
100
In the modern era, this year saw the most executions...
1998 (98 executions in '98!)
100
This delicious beverage (you can’t have any) is named after Queen Mary I (aka Mary Tudor), the eldest daughter of Henry VIII
A Bloody Mary!
200
This NY prison riot lasted for 4 days and led to numerous inmate and hostage deaths
Attica
200
This type of community service requires an offender to complete some type of service to the victim or group the victim belongs to...
Restorative community service
200
This phrase is used to refer to the idea that you can forcefully medicate someone not competent to be executed, so that you can then execute them.
Medicate to Execute
200
This case held the death penalty to be unconstitutional.
Furman v. Georgia
200
Cannibalism, though not common, is a socially sanctioned practice found in various societies around the world. “Smart” cannibals should avoid eating which body part?
The brain!
300
The earliest jails did not automatically provide what to prisoners...
Food/clothing/other necessities
300
He was a bootmaker who created an informal probation system in Boston in the 1840s.
John Augustus
300
This case led to the 'deinstitutionalization' of the mentally ill...
Wyatt v. Stickney
300
This case held that you cannot execute the mentally ill
Ford v. Wainwright
300
According to urban legend, what candy is supposedly fatal if mixed with soda and consumed?
Pop rocks!
400
This case held that California's prison systems were so overcrowded that the only solution was to force the state to release 32,000 inmates.
Brown v. Plata
400
This term refers to restrictions or punishments placed on offenders AFTER they have served their full sentence...
Scarlet letter conditions
400
To be found 'insane' under the M'Naughten Rule, you must establish that the individual had a mental disease or defect and one of these two additional conditions:
Did not understand nature and consequences of actions OR Did not know actions were wrong
400
On average, how much more does a death penalty case cost compared to a case where the death penalty is not pursued.
1 million
400
Which Presidents are depicted on Mt. Rushmore?
Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt
500
This case held that prisoners were 'slaves of the state' and that they do not have rights, but privileges that can be taken away.
Ruffin v. Commonwealth
500
The reduction of a sentence purely as an act of mercy is known as this.
Clemency
500
The insanity defense is attempted at most in ___% of criminal cases and is successful only ___% of the time.
1% / 25%
500
How many states retain the death penalty?
27
500
Some of the most iconic horror film characters – Norman Bates (Psycho), Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs), and Dr. Oliver Thredson (American Horror Story – Asylum) among others – were all based in part on this real-life killer.
Ed Gein!
