David Baldus studied the death penalty and its impact on minorities in the early 1990s. What one frequently quoted finding of his study?
a. The use of the death penalty was proportionate to the racial mix of society as a whole.
b. Killers of whites are 4.3 times more likely to be sentenced to death than killers of blacks.
c. Blacks commit murder more frequently than whites.
d. A killer of a white victim is less likely than a killer of a black victim to receive the death penalty.
e. Blacks are more heavily represented on death row than whites, but more whites are actually executed.
ANS: B
You might also like to view...
One of the consequences of term limits for state assembly members and senators is
a. they know they have a limited time in office, so they don’t work very hard. b. that lifetime politicians who are termed out often run for other elected offices c. legislators who are termed-out are forbidden from running for other offices.
Which of the following sentences describes the role of women in the revolutionary period?
a. Women used their personal, legal, and economic rights to aid the revolutionary struggle. b. Women used their inclusion in public life to adopt leadership roles. c. Women spoke, wrote, and acted against the restrictions on their own rights and liberties. d. Women expressed their frustrations by taking up arms against Britain.