Author Question: The collective cases of the Martinsville Seven are especially noteworthy because they were the first ... (Read 122 times)

Jipu 123 · **on:** Aug 13, 2018

The collective cases of the Martinsville Seven are especially noteworthy because they were the first cases in which the defendants:

a. were prohibited from introducing empirical evidence of racial discrimination in the administration of the death penalty.
b. introduced empirical evidence of the possibility that racial discrimination existed in the administration of the death penalty.
c. explicitly argued that the death penalty was administered in a racially discriminatory manner.
d. successfully appealed their convictions by demonstrating racial discrimination in the administration of the death penalty.

Question 2

Which doctrine holds that illegally seized evidence can be introduced at trial, if the poisonous connection between the illegal police actions and the evidence weakens sufficiently?

a. the attenuation exception
b. the independent source exception
c. the inevitable discovery exception
d. the fruit of the poisonous tree exception