Anthony Hinton
What best friend kept Mr. Hinton alive when he was on death row?
Who is Lester Bailey
What international document was adopted as a "common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations."
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Can you be put to death by the State in the US if you were not the person who actually carried out the murder?
Yes. What is Felony Murder
What region of the country has the largest number of executions?
What is the South?
What state has the largest number of exonerations from death row?
How long was Anthony Hinton on Death Row for a crime he did not commit?
What is 30 years?
Which part of the US Constitution prevents the infliction of "cruel and unusual punishment."
The 5th Amendment to the US Constitution.
What percentage of exonerations are a result of police or prosecutorial misconduct.
50%. Studies have shown that police or prosecutorial misconduct is at the root of over half of exonerations.
How many executions have taken place in the United States between 1976 and 12/2/21?
What is 1540?
What state has executed more people than any other since 1976?
What is Texas?
What state put Mr. Hinton on death row?
What is Alabama?
Is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights a binding document? Yes or No
No
Who was called the King of Death Row and what state did he hail from?
Homicide Prosecutor Roger King - Pennsylvania
What is the significance of the number 22 vs 299?
What is the number of white people excuted for killing black people vs the number of black people executed for killing white people?
Has the overall number of death sentences imposed, increased or decreased since 1998?
Decreased
What erroneous scientific evidence was used to convict Mr. Hinton?
What is faulty ballistic evidence?
What language of the 5th Amendment applies specifically to the death penalty?
What is: the state cannot deprive someone of life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness without due process.
What justification does Hope Percy's father give in a TV interview in the movie Dead Man Walking about why the death penalty is needed?
To ensure that Mathew would not kill again.
According to your DPIC reading assignement for today's class, how many death row exonerations have taken place since 1973
What is 186?
How many women on death row have been executed since 1976?
17
This amount of space separated Mr. Hinton's cell from the death chamber
What is 30 feet?
What's the 14th Amendmen?
Has the United States ever executed an innocent person? If so, who?
Carlos DeLuna and Todd Willingham
California, Florida, Texas
Does it cost more to execute someone or keep them in jail or life?
It costs more to execute someone.