The death penalty: historical & constitutional backgrounds

Let’s answer the following questions:

1. When was the death penalty first used in America? 
2. Since then, has it been questioned?
3. Give a synonym of the term” the death penalty”:
4. To ask for the death penalty sentence, the crime must involve
5. The number of states applying the death penalty is ………….
   The number of states NOT applying the death penalty is …………
   The number of states with a moratorium is ……………
6. How many executions were carried out in the U.S. since 1976?
7. The wide-spread execution method in the U.S. is :
8. Which are the former execution methods mentioned in this video?
9. The idea of sentencing people to death originally comes from …………………………….
10. The first prisoner to be executed in America was …………………………………..
    When? …………………
    Execution method? ………………………………
    Charge? …………………………………………………..
11. Fill in the blanks:
    Since those early days, …………………………… high court …………………………….. have placed ……………………………on the death penalty.
12. What happened in 1972?
13. What were the consequences of the Supreme Court opinion?
14. Then, what happened in 1976? Which changes took place?
15. Which changes were brought in the 2000s?
16. Is there any discrepancy in the number of White and Black people on the death row?
17. Which arguments are used in this video to criticize the death penalty?
18. How come the death penalty costs more money than life imprisonment?

Let’s do the brainstorming work on the death penalty in the US now! (p3)