Explain the significance of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Georgia's death penalty statute in 1976

Answer:

An ideal response will:
1. Discuss the court's reasoning in upholding Georgia's statute.
2. Explain the consequences of this decision, in particular the fact that many states revised their statutes and that executions increased.

Political Science

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The invisible primary is the first step for a candidate in his or her run for the presidency. 2. Compared with other industrialized nations, the United States ranks near the top in voter participation. 3. Women are generally more conservative than men. 4. The portion of the population selected to participate in a poll is known as the weighting bias. 5. The relationship between sample size and sampling error is the larger the sample, the smaller the sampling error will be.

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