When the death penalty is brought up for debate, some people see it to be unfair or an inhuman way of punishment. Others might say that the punishment fits the crime.
I believe that the death penalties also known as capital punishment should be used in our county’s justice system as a form of punishment for horrendous crimes.
Capital punishment was legal until 1972, after the Supreme Court declared it to be unconstitutional in Furman v. Georgia case. The court stated that it violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments for being a cruel punishment.
However, in 1976, the Supreme Court reversed itself with Gregg v. Georgia case that reinstated the death penalty as a human way of punishment; but not all states accepted the death penalty. The following states do not currently have the death penalty: Massachusetts, Michigan, North Dakota, Vermont, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Alaska, District of Colombia, Iowa, Hawaii, Main, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
I agree with the death......
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