Multiple Choice
In the landmark case of Atkins v.Virginia (2002) ,the U.S.Supreme Court ruled-consistent with laws already in effect in many states-that
A) schizophrenia is a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
B) schizophrenia is not a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
C) intellectual disability is a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
D) intellectual disability is not a mitigating factor that makes the death penalty unconstitutional.
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