The 1972 Furman decision determined that capital punishment was:

a. racist but necessary to deter future crime.
b. racist and unconstitutional due to the uncontrolled discretion of judges and juries in sentencing.
c. not racist since more blacks than whites committed violent crimes.
d. a just way to deal with all rapists, regardless of race.


b

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