The Supreme Court's decision in the case of Furman v. Georgia was a statement against

A) the use of capital punishment by the criminal justice system.
B) giving a jury the authority to impose a capital sentence.
C) the manner in which statutes permitted the death penalty to be imposed.
D) the disproportionality of the death penalty for crimes other than first degree murder.


C) the manner in which statutes permitted the death penalty to be imposed.

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