In Spite of the Role of Public Opinion in Eighth

question 19

True/False

In spite of the role of public opinion in Eighth Amendment jurisprudence, the Supreme Court has typically rejected public opinion polls as the actual benchmarks for a national consensus on the death penalty.

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