By year end 2013, what the approximate average time between death sentence and execution

TrueFalseUnansweredQuestion 350 / 2 ptsIn an analysis of nearly 4,000 New York Times stories about capital punishment published from 1960 through 2005, how many stories mentioned cost on either side of the debate?1,500501100Correct Answer20UnansweredQuestion 360 / 2 ptsLWOP inmates have "nothing to lose" if they kill or commit other infractions in prison.

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TrueCorrect AnswerFalseUnansweredQuestion 370 / 2 ptsBased on interviews in a Virginia prison from 1986 to 1999 with more than 100 imprisoned "street criminals," most of whom were murderers, which of the following mitigating factors should be modified to narrow death eligibility?killing while under extreme duress or under the substantial domination of another personthe age of the defendant at the time of the crimekilling while under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbanceCorrect Answerkilling while under the influence of alcohol or any other drugall of the aboveUnansweredQuestion 380 / 2 ptsHow many inmates between 1973 and November 2015, have been released from deathrow because of evidence of their innocence?

Correct Answermore than 1000fewer than 10between 50 and 100between 25 and 50UnansweredQuestion 390 / 2 ptsBy year-end 2013, what the approximate average time between death sentence and execution?344 months112 monthsCorrect Answer186 months

14 months62 monthsUnansweredQuestion 400 / 2 ptsApproximately how much did the state of Florida reportedly spend to execute serial murderer Ted Bundy in 1989 (in 2015 dollars)?$875,000$2.5 million$10 millionCorrect Answer$19 million$35 millionUnansweredQuestion 410 / 2 ptsAccording to the available evidence, what is the estimated cost per execution in the United States (in 2015 dollars)?

$8 million to $9.2 millionCorrect Answer$1.7 million to $7 million$10 million to $11.8 millionmore than $11.8 million$500,000 to $1 millionUnansweredQuestion 420 / 2 ptsMany prosecutors and defense attorneys believe that jury selection is the key element in a capital case.Correct AnswerTrueFalseUnansweredQuestion 430 / 2 ptsIn a recent national opinion poll, approximately what percent of supporters of capital punishment chose future dangerousness as a reason for their support?

37Correct Answer7135719UnansweredQuestion 440 / 2 ptsWhile on death row, a prisoner must be maintained in a special maximum-security facility, which requires much greater time-and-effort expenditures on the part of corrections officers.Correct AnswerTrueFalseUnansweredQuestion 450 / 2 ptsIf a capital defendant wins on appeal, the costs incurred at the original trial may be replicated at the retrial or resentencing.

Correct AnswerTrueFalseUnansweredQuestion 460 / 2 ptsSome counties have almost been bankrupted by capital trial costs.Correct AnswerTrueFalseUnansweredQuestion 47

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