"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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Definitions:

Carnivore

An organism that primarily eats other animals as its main source of food.

Autotroph

Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food from inorganic substances using light or chemical energy, forming the base of the food chain in ecosystems.

Heterotrophs

Organisms that obtain their energy by consuming other organisms, unable to synthesize their own food from inorganic sources.

Tertiary Consumer

An organism that typically eats secondary consumers, residing at or near the top of a food chain and usually a carnivore or an omnivore.