Capital Punishment and Legal Ethics Quiz

Presumption of innocence is the legal principle that an accused person is innocent until proven guilty.

Indeterminate sentence is the term for a sentence that allows for the possibility of parole after a specified period of time.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by jury in criminal cases.

Canada was the first country to completely abolish the death penalty for all crimes.

Habeas corpus is the legal process used to challenge the constitutionality of the death penalty.

Double jeopardy is the legal principle that prohibits the government from punishing an individual more than once for the same offense.

Jury selection is the term used to describe the legal process of selecting jurors for a trial.

The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the use of cruel and unusual punishment, including the death penalty.

Direct review is the process of reviewing a death penalty case to ensure that all legal procedures were followed and that the sentence is appropriate.

Proportionality refers to the principle that the punishment must fit the crime in capital punishment cases.

Gregg v. Georgia is the Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in the United States.

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2005, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.

Babylon was the first country to formally introduce capital punishment as a statutory penalty.

Substantive due process is the legal doctrine that holds that certain rights are so fundamental that the government may not infringe upon them.

The last execution for witchcraft recorded was in England, occurring as recently as 1872.