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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How tall was the man who kept committing the Birmingham restaurant robberies?
2. Who keeps saying "Amen" when Hinton testifies?
3. During the time Hinton was on death row, how often and how long could he go to the law library?
4. How much did Hinton's mother have to come up with to pay for the polygraph test?
5. Where did Hinton go to high school?
Short Essay Questions
1. Were robberies and murders still being comitted by the Cooler Killer after Hinton was convicted and incarcerated?
2. What had Hinton's mother always taught him about truth?
3. Why was it not possible for the bullets from the Quincy's robbery and the murders to match Hinton's mother's gun?
4. Who was Hinton's court-appointed lawyer, and how did he seem to feel about being assigned to defend Hinton?
5. What was Hinton doing when he was arrested?
6. Why did Hinton believe Reginald Payne White testified against him?
7. Why did Hinton grow up without his father at home?
8. How did Hinton learn about the results of his polygraph examination, and what were the results?
9. What agreement did Perhacs and McGregor make regarding Hinton's polygraph, and how did the deal change?
10. When Hinton was sentenced to death, how was he given the only opportunity he had to prove his innocence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Hinton’s mother died in 2002. How did Hinton’s mother’s death affect him, and why did he decide not to commit suicide after learning of her death?
Essay Topic 2
Why was Henry Hays’s sentencing and execution important to Blacks?
Essay Topic 3
Hinton did not have money to pay for an attorney to defend him. So the court appointed a lawyer to handle his case. How did having a court-appointed lawyer affect the outcome of Hinton’s trial?
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