The Decline of Executions Sources: Death Penalty Information Center;

question 6

Multiple Choice

The decline of executions Sources: Death Penalty Information Center; Texas Execution Information Center.
-Opponents of the death penalty have argued that it violates which amendment to the Constitution?

• A)Third
• B)Eighth
• C)Tenth -Consider This: Specifically,opponents argue that it violates the cruel and unusual prohibitions of this Amendment not that the states lack the authority to carry out death sentences.
• D)Fifteenth

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