Courtroom Cases

Would You Be Chosen to Serve on a Jury?

A death penal­ty statute has been enact­ed in your state. You have been sum­moned for jury duty in a death penal­ty case. In order to deter­mine whether you are qual­i­fied to serve on the jury, the judge will ask you about your views regard­ing the death penalty.

Question: If the defen­dant is found guilty of cap­i­tal mur­der, which makes him or her eli­gi­ble for a death sen­tence, what would you do?

Please read the five pos­si­ble answers care­ful­ly before choos­ing one. Click on the box to indi­cate which of the fol­low­ing views is clos­est to your own.