__________ refers to the convicted offender's personal statement to the court prior to imposition of sentence.

A. The agreement of submission
B. Voir dire
C. Retribution
D. Allocution

is it D

2. When the framers of the Constitution incorporated the ban against cruel and unusual punishment into the Bill of Rights, what they probably had in mind was:
A. the death penalty.
B. the punishment imposed for treason under English common law.
C. the many grisly forms of execution that had appeared in human history, such as flaying and burning at the stake.
D. capital punishment for all crimes other than the more serious violent crimes.

im confused between A n D

1. is correct.

2. A and D are not right. The framers of the Constitution were considering C as cruel and unusual.

For the first question, the correct answer is indeed D. Allocution. Allocution refers to the convicted offender's personal statement to the court prior to imposition of sentence. To answer this question, you could have eliminated options A and B by knowing that the correct term starts with an "A" and is not "agreement of submission" (option A) or "voir dire" (option B). To distinguish between the remaining options, you would need to understand what allocution means in the context of criminal sentencing.

For the second question, it seems you are confused between options A and D. To determine the correct answer, you need to consider the historical context and the intent of the framers of the Constitution. The phrase "cruel and unusual punishment" is found in the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. It is based on English common law principles and was intended to protect individuals from excessively harsh punishment. While option A (the death penalty) could be considered a form of punishment, it does not encompass the full range of cruel and unusual punishment. On the other hand, option D (capital punishment for all crimes other than the more serious violent crimes) contradicts the intent of the ban against cruel and unusual punishment. The correct answer is C. The many grisly forms of execution that had appeared in human history, such as flaying and burning at the stake. The framers of the Constitution likely wanted to prohibit such inhumane and barbaric methods of punishment.