Based on the Supreme Court's ruling in Woodson v.North Carolina,when is a mandatory death sentence for first degree murder constitutional?
A) When there are aggravating circumstances that make the crime even more serious
B) When the victim was a police officer who was killed during the performance of his or her duty
C) When the murder was committed by a prison inmate already serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole
D) Never-mandatory application of the death penalty is unconstitutional.
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