Statistics
In 2022, how many death row inmates were executed in the United States?
18
Throughout which country was the death penalty used as a tool for social control?
Europe
Which method of capital punishment is being described? The practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death.
Lethal Injection
Worldwide, How many death row inmates were executed in over 20 countries?
883
The Enlightenment era in which century brought about significant reforms to criminal justice systems in Europe?
18th
Which method of capital punishment is being described? A method that causes death by electric shock, electric current passing through the body.
Electrocution
Which country holds the most executed people on death row?
China
Fill in the Blank: Philosophers like ____ advocated for the abolition of torture and the death penalty
Cesare Beccaria
Which method of capital punishment is being described? Dying by being suspended by a noose or ligature around the neck.
Hanging
In which order did these US states (Illinois, Washington, New Jersey, Virginia, and Connecticut) abolish capital punishment? Starting from earliest to latest.
New Jersey (2007), Illinois (2011), Connecticut (2012), Washington (2018), and Virginia (2021).
Who wrote Evangelium Vitae
Pope John Paul II
Fill in the blank: Under the influence of the ________, there began a movement to limit the scope of capital punishment, because, at the time, even common theft was punishable by death.
European Enlightment
Which method of capital punishment is being described: carbon monoxide poisoning by burning coal in a sealed room?
Suffocation
Which US was the first to abolish the Death Penalty
Michigan
In 1863, which country was the first to abolish capital punishment for all crimes?
Venezuela
Who said this? How can we fail to mention the daily gestures of unselfish love and care that countless people make, guided by the example of Jesus "the good Samaritan" (cf. Lk 10:29-37). The church has always been in the front line of providing this charitable help.”
Pope John Paul II
Capital punishment for murder, treason, arson, and rape was established in which country?
Greece
Which method of capital punishment is being described: Penetration of a human by an object such as a stake, pole, spear, or hook?
Impalement