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Book Title: DeathQuest
Edition: 5th Edition
Author: Robert M. Bohm
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1. From which of the following did the U.S. Supreme Court derive its appellate
jurisdiction in death penalty cases?
a. the U.S. Constitution
b. the U.S. President
*c. its power of judicial review
d. the will of the people
e. none of the above
2. In what case and in what year was the U.S. Supreme Court’s power of judicial review
confirmed?
*a. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
b. United States v. Wilson (1810)
c. Ex Parte Wells (1815)
d. Langworthy v. Hamilton (1818)
e. none of the above
3. Solesbee v. Balkcom (1950) was one of two cases that challenged the
constitutionality of capital punishment prior to 1968. What was the issue addressed in
this case?
a. whether a state is permitted to attempt a second execution by electrocution after the
first attempt failed
*b. whether a governor is allowed to determine an inmate’s sanity where finding an
inmate insane would prevent his or her execution
c. whether racial discrimination on the part of jurors, who had total discretion in the
sentencing decision, infected death cases for rape in at least some Arkansas counties
d. whether prospective jurors could be excused simply because they were opposed to
capital punishment
e. none of the above
4. Solesbee v. Balkcom (1950) was one of two cases that challenged the
constitutionality of capital punishment prior to 1968. What was the other case? PLEASE
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a. Powell v. Alabama
b. In re Kemmler
c. Wilkinson v. Utah
*d. Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber
e. none of the above
5. What was the subject of United States v. Wilson (1833), Ex parte Wells (1855) and
Biddle v. Perovich (1927)?
a. execution methods
*b. clemency
c. capital juries
d. double jeopardy
e. none of the above
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6. What was the subject of In re Medley (1890), Rooney v. North Dakota (1905), and
Malloy v. South Carolina (1915)?
a. double jeopardy
b. clemency
*c. ex post facto
d. sentencing
e. none of the above
7. What was the subject of Craemer v. Washington (1897) and Williams v. New York
(1949)?
a. double jeopardy
b. clemency
c. ex post facto
*d. sentencing
e. none of the above
8. What was the subject of Robinson v. United States (1945), Aldridge v. United States
(1931), Norris v. Alabama (1935), and Patton v. Mississippi (1948)?
a. execution methods
b. clemency
*c. jury selection
d. double jeopardy
e. none of the above
9. Which of the following descriptions best describes what happened to 29-year-old
pencil factory manager Leo Frank, who, in 1913, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to
death in Atlanta, Georgia, for the murder of his 13-year-old employee Mary Phagan?
a. He was discovered to be innocent and pardoned by the governor.
b. His Supreme Court challenge was denied, and he was executed.
*c. He was lynched.
d. He was the first death row inmate to be elected governor of a state.
e. none of the above
10. Which of the following cases involved the so-called "Scottsboro boys"?
*a. Powell v. Alabama
b. Maxwell v. Bishop
c. Furman v. Georgia
d. Proffitt v. Florida
e. none of the above
11. The Supreme Court has held that failure to provide counsel in a capital case violates "due
process" as required under the 14th Amendment.
*a. True
b. False
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12. In Ex parte Milligan (71 U.S. 2), in 1866, the issue before the Court in this case was the
problem of military power over civilians.
*a. True
b. False
13. Powell v. Alabama (287 U.S. 45, 1932) involved the so–called “Scottsboro Boys."
*a. True
b. False
14. Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton and James Madison strongly objected to the Supreme
Court exercising judicial review.
a. True
*b. False
15. Throughout its history, the Court has rejected as unworthy of review the vast majority of
cases appealed to it.
*a. True
b. False
16. Brown v. Mississippi dealt with coerced confessions.
*a. True
b. False
17. With which of the following methods of execution did Wilkerson v. Utah deal?
a. Hanging
*b. Firing Squad
c. Electrocution
d. Gas Chamber
d. Lethal Injection
18. With which of the following methods of execution did In Re Kemmler deal?
a. Hanging
b. Firing Squad
*c. Electrocution
d. Gas Chamber
d. Lethal Injection
19. Which of the following cases dealt with a botched electrocution?
a. McElvaine v. Brush
*b. Louisiana ex rel Francis v. Resweber
c. Chapman v. California
d. Griffin v. California
20. In which of the following cases did the states absorb fundamental due process rights?
a. Stroud v. US
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b. Marbury v. Madison
*c. Palko v. Connecticut
d. None of the above
21. Which of the following was the first case to apply the 14th Amendment’s due process clause
to capital cases in state courts?
a. Finley v. California
b. In re Medley
c. Rooney v. North Dakota
*d. Powell v. Alabama
22. Which case dealt with the issue of the constitutionally military commissions?
a. In re Kemmler
*b. Ex parte Milligan
c. Calton v. Utah
d. Brown v. Mississippi
23. Which of the following cases dealt with exclusion of jurors based on race?
a. Norris v. Alabama
b. Brown v. Mississippi
c. Patton v. Mississippi
*d. a and c only
24. Which of the following cases deal with the issue of ex post facto laws?
a. In re Medley
b. Rooney v. North Dakota
c. Malloy v. South Carolina
*d. All of the above
