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

1. A major concern is whether the death penalty is applied in a racially discriminatory fashion.
2. Between 1930 and 1980, 53% of persons executed were black.
3. Women account for about 15% of executions.
4. Ethel Spinelli was the first woman to be executed at the San Quentin prison gas chamber.
5. The imposition of the death penalty on a mentally retarded defendant has always been a violation of the Eighth Amendment.


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

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