Part one of term paper
– An Overview “The question with which we must deal is not whether a substantial proportion of American citizens would today, if polled, opine that is barbarously cruel, but whether they would find it to be so in light of all information presently available.”- Justice Thurgood Marshall Imagine a man who commits murder once, is given a ...

Part two of term paper
... and continue to commit violent crimes. Should the United States justice system continue to let violent criminals back on the streets where they are likely to commit murder again? is one of the oldest forms of punishment in the world. Most societies have considered it a fair punishment for severe crimes. It is even mentioned as an appropriate punishment in the Bible. American colonists used before the United States was a country, and most states use it today. Currently, however, there is a great de ...