Why Did Southern States, at Least at First, Replace Mandatory

question 52

Multiple Choice

Why did southern states, at least at first, replace mandatory death penalty statutes with discretionary death penalty statutes?

• A) to give jurors the opportunity to consider the unique circumstances of the crime and the unique characteristics of the defendant
• B) to allow all-white juries to take race into account
• C) to force jurors to pay more attention during capital trials
• D) to give legislators greater discretion in capital cases
• E) all of the above

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Definitions:

Levels Of Significance

A threshold in hypothesis testing that determines the probability at which the null hypothesis is rejected, often denoted by alpha.

P-value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the observed results, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data that is used in a hypothesis test to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis, based on the likelihood of observing the sample data under the null hypothesis.

Yearly Rate

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