For each of the following scenarios, use case law to explain whether the situations are reasonable to end in the death penalty:
● The prosecution uses peremptory challenges to exclude black jurors based on their ambivalence or opposition to the death penalty.
● A person is charged with the aggravated rape of a 13-year-old.
● A prisoner has an IQ of 71 and has committed a murder in a state that requires an IQ of 70 or below to be determined as mentally impaired.
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