The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment." The U.S. Supreme Court:
a. has never ruled that capital punishment is cruel and unusual.
b. once ruled that capital punishment was cruel and unusual, but the Constitution was amended to permit capital punishment.
c. has ruled that it is up to the states to determine whether murder, rape, or other violent crimes should be punished with the death penalty.
d. now allows capital punishment for both murder and rape.
Answer: a
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