In 1972,the U

In 1972,the U.S.Supreme Court temporarily stopped the states from carrying out capital punishment in large part because of its finding that the death penalty _____.

A) invariably violated the Eighth Amendment ban on "cruel and unusual punishment"
B) violated the Fifth Amendment's due process clause
C) was applied in a racially biased manner
D) could not be shown to deter crime
E) violated U.S. obligations under international human rights treaties