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3. court held that it cruel and unusual punishment to execute the intellectually challenged.
7. reports used to help judges determine the appropriate sentence.
11. reductions in sentences, granted by a state's governor.
12. in death sentencing, facts or situations that do not justify or excuse a criminal act but reduce the degree of blameworthiness and thus may reduce the punishment.
13. this decision caused the resumption of executions on January 17, 1977.
14. decriptions of the harm and suffering that a crime has caused victims and their survivors.

1. court held that the capital punishment statutes in three cases were unconstitutional because it gave the jury complete discretion to decide whether to impose the death penalty or a lesser punishment for capital cases.
2. a two-stage trial consisting of a guilt phase and a separate penalty phase.
4. forgiveness for the crime committed that stops further criminal processing.
5. the court ruled that rape of a child when the victim was not killed did not warrant death.
6. in death sentencing, facts of situations that increase the blameworthiness for a criminal act.
8. the procedure at a sentencing hearing in which the convicted defendant has the right to address the court before the sentence is imposed.
9. limited capital punishment to offenders who are 18 years of age or older at the time of their offenses.
10. review in which the appellate court compares the sentence in the case it is reviewing with penalties imposed in similar cases in the state.