How has capital punishment criteria changed in the United States since 1976?
A) The death penalty has become common even for certain crimes that are not rare.
B) Certain crimes have been made punishable by death across the nation.
C) A moratorium on the death penalty has been placed since that year.
D) Individual states have been able to decide whether they want to make certain crimes punishable by death.

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Since 1976, individual states in the U.S. have had the authority to decide whether to implement the death penalty and for which crimes, leading to variations in capital punishment laws across the country.

How Has Capital Punishment Criteria Changed in the United States