Question

Which one of the following is a legislative power held by state legislatures?

Answer 1

The one that considered as a legislative power held by state legislatures is:  c. defining crimes and punishments
With this power, a similar crime may have a different type of punishments depending on which states the trial is conducted on.
For example, in California, murder probably had around 20 years of jail time, while in Texas that same crime could be punishable by death.