In 1972 in Furman v. Georgia, the court decided that the discretionary imposition of the death penalty was ____________ under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the US Constitution.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
cruel and unusual punishment
You might also like to view...
Which of the following prison film narratives is characterized by extreme violence?
a. Nature of confinement correctional films b. Authority and control correctional films c. Freedom and release correctional films d. Pursuit of justice correctional films
Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding a conclusion that could be drawn from Krebs (2001) social network analysis research regarding who was the likely leader of the cell?
A. Mohamed Atta was the likely leader of the cell. B. Majed Moqed was likely the leader of the cell. C. Mamduh Mahmud Salim was likely the leader of the cell. D. Raed Hijazi was likely the leader of the cell.
In ______, meals are supervised.
A. minimum security level prisons B. medium security level prisons C. maximum security level prisons D. none of these
The history of victims in criminology can be traced to an article published in 1941 by which individual?
A. Benjamin Mendelssohn B. Michael Hindelang C. Hans von Hentig D. Edwin Sutherland