Proportionality Is an Unsettled Area of Eighth Amendment Law in Which

question 20

Multiple Choice

Proportionality is an unsettled area of Eighth Amendment law in which:

• 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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