Challenges to death penalty sentences have been made successfully on grounds that the death penalty violates
A) the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and is therefore unconstitutional
B) the 14th Amendment's due process and equal protection clauses and is therefore imposed arbitrarily or unfairly
C) a) and b)
D) b) but not a
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