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In Lockyer v. Andrade (2003), SCOTUS ruled that it was a violation of the Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishment clause to sentence Andrade to 25 years to life imprisonment for petty theft under the state's three-strikes law.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Evolutionary theorists believe that human traits that produce violence and aggression have been advanced by the long process of human evolutions.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

False

Answer to Question 2

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