Match Each Item to the Phrase or Sentence Listed Below

question 13

Short Answer

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Ruling that required an objective standard of reasonableness for defense counsel
b. Circumstances that increase seriousness of crime
c. A moral argument for capital punishment
d. Ruling that execution of the developmentally disabled is unconstitutional
e. Execution method developed in the late 1970s
f. Separate hearings for guilt and sentencing
g. Ruling that the execution of the mentally ill is unconstitutional
h. Circumstances that invite mercy
i. Ruling that only juries should decide whether to implement the death penalty
j. First ruling that the death penalty is constitutional if it is not administered in a cruel and usual fashion
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