Multiple Choice
When prisons became so overcrowded that federal judges issued orders calling for either the immediate release of prisoners or improvement of conditions, upon what did those judges base their orders?
A) First Amendment
B) Fifth Amendment
C) Sixth Amendment
D) Eighth Amendment
E) Fourteenth Amendment
Correct Answer:

Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
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