Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Law and Politics => Topic started by: 09madisonrousseau09 on Jul 8, 2018
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Opponents of the death penalty argue all but which one of the following?
a. Innocent people are sometimes executed.
b. Capital punishment is racially biased.
c. Social science studies are inconclusive as to whether the death penalty deters criminal behavior.
d. It costs more to execute a criminal than to imprison someone for life.
e. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Question 2
Critics of the judicial selection process in Texas complain that
a. judges' reliance on campaign contributions compromises their independence, and partisan elections permit judges to be corrupted by campaign contributions.
b. partisan elections permit judges to be corrupted by campaign contributions, and the process is undemocratic.
c. the process is undemocratic, and voters should have no role in determining who should be judges.
d. judges' reliance on campaign contributions compromises their independence, and voters should have no role in determining who should be judges.
e. partisan elections permit judges to be corrupted by campaign contributions, and voters should have no role in determining who should be judges.
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Answer to Question 1
C
Answer to Question 2
A