Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Advocates of the death penalty believe it is an effective deterrent.
2. The death penalty is intended for both nonviolent and violent crimes.
3. Sister Helen Prejean is a death penalty abolitionist.
4. In the United States, a poor defendant is more likely to be sentenced to death than a rich one.
5. The population of death row in the United States has declined in the 2000s.


1. True
2. False
3.True
4. True
5.True

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