Match the Supreme Court Case on the Death Penalty to Its

question 33

Short Answer

Match the Supreme Court case on the death penalty to its ruling.
A)The execution of mentally retarded individuals is unconstitutional.
B)Imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child where the crime did not result in and was not intended to result in the victim's death is unconstitutional.
C)Statutes that allowed for an arbitrary and capricious application of the death penalty were invalidated.
D)Abolished the imposition of the death penalty on an offender who was under the age of 18 at the time the crime was committed.
E)Struck down statutes imposing the death penalty for the rape of an adult woman.
F)An IQ score of 70 or greater is not sufficient to bar an inmate from claiming mental disability in the face of execution.
G)Upheld a bifurcated trial procedure in capital cases.
H)Decisions on facts such as aggravating circumstances that may lead to a death sentence must be made by juries,not judges.
I)Statutes requiring a mandatory sentence of death for first degree murder are unconstitutional.
-Furman v.Georgia

• A)The execution of mentally retarded individuals is unconstitutional.
• B)Imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child where the crime did not result in and was not intended to result in the victim's death is unconstitutional.
• C)Statutes that allowed for an arbitrary and capricious application of the death penalty were invalidated.
• D)Abolished the imposition of the death penalty on an offender who was under the age of 18 at the time the crime was committed.
• E)Struck down statutes imposing the death penalty for the rape of an adult woman.
• F)An IQ score of 70 or greater is not sufficient to bar an inmate from claiming mental disability in the face of execution.
• G)Upheld a bifurcated trial procedure in capital cases.
• H)Decisions on facts such as aggravating circumstances that may lead to a death sentence must be made by juries,not judges.
• I)Statutes requiring a mandatory sentence of death for first degree murder are unconstitutional.
• -Furman v.Georgia

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