The Supreme Court ruled in favor of William Furman because Georgia had used the death penalty in a manner that showed a racial bias. In the opinions, several different Supreme Court justices wrote about the fact that the number of individuals who faced the death penalty was disproportionately African-American citizens.
With this factor in mind, it would be considered cruel and unusual punishment, which is something that all American citizens are protected from thanks to the 8th amendment.
I would say the correct answer is B. a system of interconnected mountain roads and bridges.
A should be true as they did make these monuments called stelae. C is correct because their knowledge of math was far superior than any other nation. D is also correct because the Maya did use hieroglyphs to write. I would say that B doesn't belong here because roads were Roman inventions.
Accented notes that run against the regular pulse of the musical meter are referred to as "syncopation", or if they are on specifically the 8th note hit, they're sometimes referred to as "off beats".
