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The U.S. Supreme Court decided in ___________________________that juveniles under the age of 16 at the time of the crime court not be executed.

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Describe the state court appeals process in a death penalty case.

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Does the Supreme Court allow the execution of juvenile inmates?

Challenges to the legitimacy of capital punishment have built their case against the death penalty by the ambiguous language of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments.

What is the international opinion surrounding the death penalty?

Jerry is an inmate on death-row. He has been there for 15 years. He was sentenced to death row when he was 19 years old. At first he had a difficult time adjusting to death row but now he has come to accept his fate. He was just notified that his death warrant was signed by the governor. He will be moved to his death watch cell later that evening. -Who will be responsible for carrying out Jerry's execution?

The number of prisoners on death row nationwide is:

When does the jury determine whether the person will be sentenced to death or life in prison?

How many officers usually escort the condemned from their cells to the execution room?

The execution team is:

Abolitionists argue that the death penalty is used in a racist fashion and violates constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection.

The review process can take 10 or more years from conviction to execution.

Prisoners on death row:

The number of known wrongfully convicted prisoners sentenced to death since 1976 is:

How often do state review courts overturn a death penalty conviction?

The majority of prisoners on death row:

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that execution of the mentally retarded was unconstitutional?

Most states rely on lethal injection as their method of execution.

Michael is on trial for 5 charges of first degree murder and the prosecutor is seeking the death penalty. Michael is 18 years old and is accused of killing his entire family, including his mother, step-father, and two younger sisters, in a drug induced fit. He also killed the police officer who responded to the house after the neighbor called 911. This is the first time Michael has been arrested. -Michael's attorneys explain the process to him. They tell him that the jury first has to determine whether he is guilty or not guilty for the crime. This phase is known as:

The death penalty is used in every state in the United States.