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

1. Woodson v. North Carolina was the first case to successfully challenge the use of the death penalty.
2. Research has conclusively demonstrated that the death penalty is not a deterrent to murder.
3. Some criminologists argue that capital punishment has a brutalizing effect rather than a deterrent effect.
4. Over 75% of offenders who are sentenced to death have been executed in a timely manner.
5. Life without parole is more expensive than the cost of a capital case (from arrest to execution).


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

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