The increased activity of the Underground Railroad in the 1850s suggests that... a) southern states were becoming more lenient toward runaways b) fewer enslaved people were running away c) there was growing willingness in the North to aid fugitives seeking freedom HELP

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.