Which of the Following Is Not a Reason That an Individual

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a reason that an individual can be given the death penalty in Texas?

• A) murder for hire
• B) murder during the commission of an aggravated rape
• C) murder of a child under the age of twelve
• D) murder of a public safety officer, fireman, or correctional employee
• E) murder by a prison inmate serving a life sentence

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Definitions:

Forced Labor

Work or service that is performed involuntarily and under the threat of penalty or harm.

Child Labor

The employment of children in any work that deprives them of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially, or morally harmful.

Employment-At-Will Doctrine

A legal principle that allows employers to terminate employees at any time without reason, just as employees can leave at any time without reason, absent a contractual or statutory exception.

Retaliatory Discharge

The act of an employer firing an employee as a form of punishment for engaging in legally protected activities.