Which of the following statements about Supreme Court decisions related to executions under the Eighth Amendment is NOT accurate?
A) The Supreme Court has ruled that death was too harsh a penalty for the crime of rape of a child.
B) The Supreme Court has prohibited the execution of a defendant with an IQ under 70.
C) The Supreme Court has outlawed the use of lethal injection as a mode of execution.
D) The Supreme Court has invalidated a death sentence for a black defendant after the prosecutor improperly excluded African Americans from the jury.
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