Multiple Choice
What was the effect on Texas prisons of the Supreme Court case Ruiz v. Estelle?
A) Texas was compelled to suspend the death penalty during the 1980s.
B) Texas's prison system was declared unconstitutional, and the federal courts stepped in to oversee its administration.
C) The Texas policy of leasing prisoners as workers to private companies was declared unconstitutional.
D) Death by hanging was declared constitutional.
E) Execution via electric chair was declared unconstitutional.
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