"The Punishment of death has never prevented determined men from injuring society."
--Beccaria
Today, one of the most debated issues in the Criminal Justice System is the issue of capital
punishment. Capital punishment was legal until 1972, when the Supreme Court
declared it unconstitutional in Furman v. Georgia stating that it violated the Eighth and Fourteenth
Amendments citing cruel and unusual punishment. In 1976, the Supreme Court reversed
its decision with Gregg v. Georgia and reinstated the death penalty. Although not all states embrace the
death penalty, many still do.
The death penalty effects our nation as a whole. It makes a man into a god and lets a man decide
whether another should live or die. It makes us believe that error is not possible and that no convicted man
can be innocent. It makes us believe that death is the only way to teach society a lesson. It makes us
believe these things because that is all we are left to......

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Title: Capital Punishment: The Death Penalty
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