Death Penalty
What is the number of states that currently authorize the death penalty?
27 is the number of states that currently authorize the death penalty
Who was the first person executed in the colonies for being a spy?
Who is Captain George Kendall
What constitutional amendment was violated by the death penalty statute according to Furman v. Georgia?
What is the 8th amendment
What form of execution uses pentobarbital and sodium chloride?
What is lethal injection
Who was the first person executed by electric chair?
Who is William Kemmler
What is the total number of people executed since 1976
What is 1,661 persons executed since 1976
What ruler prohibited executions for all crimes other than murder in the 11th Century?
Who is William the Conqueror
What 1968 Supreme Court case ruled that potential jurors could not be dismissed solely for opposing the death penalty?
What is the case Witherspoon v. Illinois
What state build the first electric chair in 1888
What is the state of New York
Who was the first person executed by lethal injection?
Who is Charles Brooks
What is the current overall support for the death penalty according to a recent Gallup Poll?
52% of people support the use of the death penalty
What was the number of crimes punishable by the death penalty under King Hammaurabi?
25 crimes were punished by the death penalty under King Hammaurabi
What supreme court case reinstated the death penalty in 1976?
What is the case Gregg v. Georgia
What form of execution has been used the least since 1976?
What is hanging
Who was the first person executed by using the gas chamber?
Who is Gee Jon
What is the number of states that have abolished the death penalty
23 states have abolished the death penalty.
What state first moved executions from the public into Correctional facilities?
What is Pennsylvania
What is the extent of a doctor's participation in an execution due to medical ethics?
Doctors are there to certify if the inmate is dead or not.
What form of execution was designed to be a more humane method of execution than hanging?
What is the electric chair?
What state first used cyanide gas as a method of execution?
What is the state of Nevada
California is one of the three states under a governor-issued moratorium, what are the other two states?
Oregon and Pennsylvania are under a governor issued moratorium.
What state was the first to execute someone using lethal injection as a form of execution?
What is Texas
A moratorium is?
A temporary, legal suspension of the death penalty ordered by the state governor.
What form of execution has been used the most since 1976?
What is lethal injection
Name one famous serial killer executed for their crimes?
Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Alieen Wuornos, Danny Rolling