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nautica902

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In Bowers v. Hardwick (1986), the U. S. Supreme Court
 
  A. agreed with the decision of the Georgia Supreme Court.
  B. were persuaded by APA's amicus brief and reversed Georgia's law prohibiting homosexual behavior.
  C. maintained the legality of laws prohibiting homosexual behavior.
  D. declared Georgia's laws that criminalized homosexual behavior to be unconstitutional.

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT an argument used by the psychologists in their amicus curiae brief submitted in the case of Lockhart v. McCree (1986)?
 
  A. The death penalty is administered in a racially-biased manner.
  B. The jury-selection process in capital trials produces a jury that is conviction-prone.
  C. Death-qualified juries are unrepresentative because a higher percentage of certain classifications of people are excluded.
  D. None of the above



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A



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