___________________ Was the Landmark Case in Which the Supreme Court

question 18

Short Answer

___________________ was the landmark case in which the Supreme Court called for a ban on the death penalty, ruling that the law (as it stood) was capricious and, hence, cruel and unusual punishment.

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Definitions:

Biconditional

A logical connective between statements where both conditions imply each other; typically phrased as "if and only if".

Equivalent Statements

Propositions that have the same truth value in every possible scenario.

Contradictory

Relating to statements, ideas, or propositions that directly oppose each other, such that if one is true, the other must be false.

Inconsistent

Containing elements that are logically in conflict with each other, unable to be true in the same context or at the same time.