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Death penalty. Paper supporting capital punishment
Date Submitted: 10/30/2004 01:32:57
Category: / Law & Government / Supreme Court
Length: 7 pages (1903 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Supreme Court
Length: 7 pages (1903 words)
The American Heritage Dictionary defines capital punishment as 'the penalty of death for the commission of crime.' The death sentence has been applied since ancient times as punishment for crimes ranging from petty theft to murder. In 1976, U.S. states began creating a bifurcated trial procedure that would legally allow imposing the sentence of death. The states did so in response to the 1972 (Furman vs. Georgia) Supreme court decision which ruled that death penalty …
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…Jennifer C. and Ogloff, James R.P., 'Capital Punishment: Arguments for
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'Capital Punishment: Murder in Disguise?'
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