Answer: the correct answer is D) encourages a private solution to a particular positive-externality problem.
Explanation: it encourages a private solution because the government reduces taxes if private companies donate to charities. Donating to charities is a positive externality because it contributes to the common welfare of a country.
Answer:B desert.
Explanation: Deserts have low rain, and plants and animals have to adapt to life there.
Answer: True
Explanation: The Supreme Court admitted that it is haphazard to treat similar things differently and that mandatory death penalty statutes eliminated this problem, but also reckless to treat two different things the same way. In essence, to impose the same penalty on all convicted murderers, even though all defendants
are different, is just as capricious as imposing a penalty randomly.
To relieve this problem, some sentencing guidelines became necessary. This gave rise to the guided discretion statutes that set standards for juries and judges to
use when deciding whether to impose the death penalty. The Court reasoned that, guided discretion statutes struck a reasonable balance between giving the jury some discretion and allowing it to consider the defendant's background and character and the circumstances surrounding the crime.
