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

1. The first woman to be executed in the United States was hanged in 1865.
2. Electrocution is the most common form of execution.
3. The electric chair was originally introduced as a more humane method of execution than hanging.
4. Woodson v. North Carolina was the first case to successfully challenge the use of the death penalty.


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

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