Crime and Punishment in the 20th Century

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1. Who was executed for the kidnap and murder of the Lindbergh baby? Bruno Richard Hauptmann Alvin Karpis Isidor Fisch No one. The killer was never found.

2. Charles Manson was sentenced to death for his crimes. Why was this sentence not carried out? A prison psychiatrist declared him insane in 1972, making him ineligible for execution. It was carried out. He was executed in 1977. The California Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in 1972. He was murdered in prison before he could be executed.

3. What was the name of the teenage girl who accompanied (or, according to the girl, was forced to accompany) Charlie Starkweather on his 1958 killing spree? Betty Jean Bartlett Lillian Fencl Clara Ward Caril Ann Fugate

4. Why were Virgilio R. Gonzales, Eugenio R. Martinez and three other men arrested in the summer of 1972? For burglarizing the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC For killing innocent Vietnamese civilians at My Lai For their involvement in the Lufthansa heist depicted in "Goodfellas" For a foiled attempt to assassinate Daniel M. Braddock, American emmisary to Cuba

5. According to the true crime classic "Blood and Money", Dr. John Hill of Houston, TX was murdered as revenge for his suspected murder of someone else. Whom did he supposedly murder? Ash Robinson, his father in law Joan Robinson Hill, his first wife Ann Kurth, his second wife Richard "Racehorse" Haynes, a Texas lawyer who was allegedly having an affair with Hill's wife

6. What two men were convicted and executed for the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, KS in 1959? Alvin Dewey and Richard Hickock Alvin Dewey and Charles Whitman Perry Smith and Charles Whitman Richard Hickock and Perry Smith

7. Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her apartment, where she lived with her boyfriend, in February of 1974. What was her boyfriend's name? Steven Root Steven Weed Steven Waters Steven Rose

8. The play and film "The Laramie Project" tell the story of the brutal beating of a young homosexual man. His attackers tied him to a fence and beat him unmercifully. The young man died several days later in the hospital and his attackers are now serving life sentences. What was this young victim's name? Matthew Shepard Michael Sharp Martin Shafer Mitchell Shriver

9. On March 30, 1908, Chester Gillette was electrocuted for the 1906 murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Grace Brown. Author Theodore Dreiser researched the case extensively to write a novel about the case. What was the title of this literary classic? An American Tragedy Sister Grace A Place in the Sun Loon Lake

10. December 8, 1980. John Lennon is shot dead outside the Dakota apartment building in New York City. Who's the scum of the earth who shot him? Mark David Chapman Robert John Bardo Philip Barton Key John Thomas Sweeney