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Alygatorr01285

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Which amendment prohibits the use of cruel and unusual punishment?
 
  a. The Fifth Amendment
  b. The Fourth Amendment
  c. The Eighth Amendment
  d. The Sixth Amendment
  e. The First Amendment

Question 2

Under a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June 2008, terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
 
  a. cannot appeal their convictions to military courts.
  b. do not have a right to the constitutional privilege of habeas corpus.
  c. cannot appeal their cases to the federal courts.
  d. must be appointed legal counsel under the Sixth Amendment.
  e. possess the constitutional privilege of habeas corpus.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

E



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