Part one of term paper
The expression “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” has taken on a whole new meaning. Lately, murderers have been getting a punishment equal to their crime, death. In 1967, executions in the United States were temporarily suspended to give the federal appellate courts time to decide whether or not the death penalty was unconstituti ...

Part two of term paper
... made this ruling, states reviewed their death penalty laws. In 1976, in the case of “Gregg versus Georgia” the Supreme Court ruled state death penalty laws were not unconstitutional. Presently in the United States the death penalty can only be used as punishment for intentional killing. Still, the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment and should be outlawed in the United States. Currently in the United States there are five methods used for executing criminals: the electric chair, ...