The United States Supreme Court decision in Atkins v. Virginia takes up the question of weather __________.
A) The imposition of the death penalty was proportionate to the crime committed.
B) The imposition of the death penalty was disproportionate to penalties imposed for similar crimes in Virginia.
C) The death penalty is "cruel and unusual" and hence unconstitutional.
D) The imposition of the death penalty on a mentally retarded person violates the Constitution.
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