1) How has the U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed the list of death-eligible cases and offenders?

2) What does research tell us about the importance of theoffender-victimdyad?How has the Supreme Court addressed the issue of racial discrimination in regard to this dyad?

3) Examining states that allow capital punishment, where would an offender be most likely to be executed? (the Death Penalty InformationCenter Fact Sheet has the most current information.)