Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Most states and federal systems provide for appeals.
2. In 1976, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was no longer administered in a “cruel and unusual fashion.”
3. Exoneration is the formal acknowledgment that the defendant is innocent.
4. Life without parole is the alternative sentence given in those states that do not allow for capital punishment.
5. There are 23 states that still use the death penalty.
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False
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a. Flash point b. Explosion c. Ignition d. Combustion
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a. conformity b. innovation c. retreatism d. ritualism