Death Penalty

3. The case of _____________ v. Georgia resulted in a moratorium on the death penalty. (one word)
4. The number of death sentence imposed across the United States is steadily ____________. (one word)
6. ___________ v. Louisiana made it unconstitutional to execute nonhomicide offenders. (one word)
9. Jury ________________ refers to the jury knowingly and willfully refusing to apply the law. (one word)
11. The legal term for reducing someone’s sentence, usually referring to reducing a death sentence to life imprisonment. (one word)
12. American __________________ refers to the fact that the United States frequently uses harsh punishments, such as the death penalty and mass incarceration, while other developed western nations avoid these punishments. (one word)

1. According to your textbooks, lethal injection is the method of execution approved by the largest number of states (35 states in total). What method is approved by the smallest number of states? (two words, no spaces)
2. The length of time that someone spends on death row is steadily ______________. (one word)
5. Following a brief moratorium on the death penalty in the 1970s, executions resumed in many states. What was the name of the first person executed after the death penalty was reinstated? (two words, no spaces. Hint: some of you may have chosen to write about this person in my theory class)
7. ____________ review refers to the process whereby state appellate courts compare the sentence in a case they are deciding with sentences imposed on similar cases in the state. (one word)
8. Another name for a two-stage trial process consisting of: a) a determination of guilt and b) penalty phase. (one word)
10. Three states account for more than half of the executions in the United States. These include Texas, Oklahoma, and __________________. (one word)