"Proportionality" Is an Unsettled Area of Eighth Amendment Law Because

question 22

Multiple Choice

"Proportionality" is an unsettled area of Eighth Amendment law because:

• A) lethal injection is considered "cruel and unusual punishment."
• B) not all states allow for the use of the death penalty.
• C) not all states use the same method for the death penalty.
• D) only men, and not women, have been sentenced to the death penalty.
• E) some punishments may be so disproportionate to the crime that they constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."

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