Why Is the McClesky V. Kemp (1987)case Important

question 1

Multiple Choice

Why is the McClesky v. Kemp (1987) case important?

• A)The Supreme Court refused to consider the case for review.
• B)The Supreme Court required that any jury in Georgia that considered sentencing a Black person to death must have at least one Black jury member.
• C)The Supreme Court upheld the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
• D)The Supreme Court upheld McCleskey's death sentence despite the evidence that in Georgia, killers of White people are far more frequently sentenced to die than are killers of Blacks.

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