The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individuals who were mentally retarded at the time they committed the crime
A) should not be executed because it violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment as understood in the present day
B) were more culpable than others who committed similar crimes because they were more suggestible
C) were less culpable than others who committed similar crimes because they are incapable of self control and are therefore more of a menace to society
D) would not bring appeals because under the rules it was very difficult to prove the individual had a very low IQ at the moment of the crime
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