The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty, as administered, constituted cruel and unusual punishment in which of the following cases?

a. Furman v. Georgia (1972)
b. Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
c. McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
d. Payne v. Tennessee (1991)
e. Ford v. Wainwright (1986)


a

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