Which of the following was NOT one of the three problems with North Carolina’s mandatory death sentence identified by the Supreme Court in Woodson v. North Carolina?
A. It did not allow jurors to consider a defendant’s character and record.
B. It provided no standards to guide juries.
C. It provided defendants the right of allocution.
D. It departed from contemporary standards in the community concerning death sentences.
C. It provided defendants the right of allocution.
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