DPIC's Death Penalty Quiz

Question 1:TrueFalse   The death penalty saves taxpayers money because it is cheaper to execute someone than to keep them in prison for the rest of their life.

Question 2:TrueFalse   Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, more black people have been executed than white people.

Question 3:TrueFalse   After the Supreme Court allowed the death penalty to resume in 1976, the first person to be executed was Gary Gilmore in Utah by a firing squad.

Question 4:TrueFalse   Since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S., very few people have been released from death row because they were innocent.

Question 5:TrueFalse   In most states with the death penalty, you can be executed even if you suffer from mental illness.

Question 6:TrueFalse   There are some states in the U.S. where you cannot receive the death penalty for any crime.

Question 7:TrueFalse   Hanging has not been used as a method of execution in the United States for over 30 years.

Question 8:TrueFalse   When the police chiefs of the U.S. were polled on their views about ways to lower the crime rate, only 1% named the death penalty as their top priority in reducing violent crime.

Question 9:TrueFalse   No woman has been executed in the U.S. for over 25 years.

Question 10:TrueFalse    Those who commit a crime when they are under 18 years of age are ineligible for the death penalty in the U.S.