which group was most affected by president lincoln's statement?
a) the southern slave population
eliminate
b) recent immigrants to the united states
c) confederate soldiers
d) the native american population

In the case of furman v. georgia (1972), the united states supreme court ruled that the death penalty- in specific cases- being arbitrarily and inconsistently imposed, often in a discriminatory manner. as a result, the imposition of the death penalty as a punishment was stopped throughout the united states.