The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the death penalty to be a disproportionate punishment, and therefore unacceptable, for the crime of
a. rape of an adult woman who was not killed.
b. kidnapping when the victim was not killed.
c. rape of a child that did not result in the victim's death.
d. All the above have been ruled to be disproportionate and unacceptable.
e. None of the above has been ruled to be disproportionate and unacceptable.
d
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