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awywial

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Who said, to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed?
 
  A) Montesquieu
  B) Thomas Jefferson
  C) John Adams
  D) Benjamin Franklin
  E) Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

From 1972 to 1976 the death penalty
 
  A) was prohibited because the Supreme Court deemed laws too vague and wanted more precise laws enacted to ensure consistency.
  B) was prohibited because the Innocence Project determined that 17 innocent individuals were serving time on death row.
  C) was prohibited because Congress removed the power of juries to impose the death penalty in capital cases.
  D) limited executions to only those enacted by means of electrocution or firing squad.
  E) was expanded to all fifty states and to Puerto Rico by executive order.



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softEldritch

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A




awywial

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Reply 2 on: Jul 9, 2018
Excellent


bblaney

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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