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

1. In Wilkerson v. Utah, the Supreme Court ruled a moratorium on capital punishment in America.
2. In 2015, the Washington, D.C.–based Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported that as of that year, 190 death row inmates had been exonerated with the help of DNA evidence.
3. In 1790, the first Congress established the death penalty for several offenses that today would not be considered constitutional.
4. Statistics show that less than 9% of all offenders on death row committed their offense prior to the age of 30 years old.
5. Nearly all offenders on death row do not have a high school education.


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

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