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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. Who started Project Hope on Death Row?

2. How long of a recess was there between when Hinton spoke on his behalf and he was brought back for sentencing?

3. How much money did Perhacs want to appeal Hinton's case to the U.S. Supreme Court?

4. How long did it take to drive Hinton from the county jail to Holman?

5. How tall was Hinton when he was arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who became Hinton's new lawyer and how?

2. How did time move in prison on death row?

3. What was judicial override, and why did it often happen?

4. Why was it not possible for the bullets from the Quincy's robbery and the murders to match Hinton's mother's gun?

5. Why would Hinton not sign the paper the police gave him when they brought him to the station after his arrest?

6. What was life like when Hinton grew up in Praco?

7. What caused Hinton to change his mind about not talking or interacting while he was on death row?

8. When Hinton learned that his appeals had been denied, what instructions did he give Lester?

9. Why did Hinton grow up without his father at home?

10. What was Hinton doing when he was arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hinton asked to be given a polygraph test. Why was his polygraph test not submitted as evidence during his trial?

Essay Topic 2

Why was Henry Hays’s sentencing and execution important to Blacks?

Essay Topic 3

What type of relationship did Hinton have with his mother, and how did it affect the type of person he became?

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