In ______ the U.S. Supreme Court held that mandatory death sentences in cases of first-degree murder were unconstitutional because they did NOT allow for a jury to weigh in on the aggravating and mitigating factors when making a sentence recommendation?

a. Woodson v. North Carolina
b. Gregg v. Georgia
c. Johnson v. United States
d. Proffitt v. Florida


a. Woodson v. North Carolina

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