This Supreme Court case decided that the death penalty, as it was being carried out at the time, was unconstitutional.

a. Furman v. Georgia
b. Atkins v. Virginia
c. Roper v. Simmons
d. Coker v. Georgia


a. Furman v. Georgia

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