Exam 13: Sentencing and Appeals

Juries generally do not have access to any presentence investigative material.

Under early Roman law, imprisonment as a form of punishment was an accepted sentence.

The Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of mentally retarded people as noted in this U.S. Supreme Court case:

With our modern technology, it is now relatively easy to determine when an offender is rehabilitated to the point where he or she is no longer a threat to society.

A form of punishment for minor crimes.

A consecutive sentence is one that must be served before the next sentence begins.

Explain the deterrence and the theory behind it.

In primitive times, ________ was the philosophy behind punishment.

Which of the following is NOT included in a pre-sentence report?

In the case of ________, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that the death penalty was not in violation of the Eighth Amendment guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment, when state statutes were then passed allowing the jury or judge to take into consideration aggravating or mitigating circumstances in imposing the alternate sentence of life imprisonment or death.

What are the differences between definite and indefinite sentencing?

The ________ sentence is recognized in our system of justice today, but in most instances, it is coupled with a period of probation.

The benefit of clergy was a forerunner of the:

The presentence investigation is usually conducted by a staff member of the:

The primary purpose of punishment is to:

Probation is not considered to be a sentence but rather a disposition of the case.

All offenders are sentenced to imprisonment.

The definite sentence was severely criticized by reformists as being inflexible.

Discuss the pros and cons of having the jury impose sentence.

Many states have only a single appellate court, which is generally referred to as the ________ Court.