Part one of term paper
Throughout history, societies have always debated how to punish those who commit crimes. Capital punishment has always been a common choice for the crime of murder. Over the 200 years of the existence of the United States, the issue of the death penalty has become one of the most controversial issues of all. Capital punishment was always ...

Part two of term paper
... in Gregg v. Georgia. This ruling made it legal for states to adopt a law allowing capital punishment for the crime of murder (n.pag.) Since then, the courts have sentenced over 2,500 convicted murderers to death (Tushnet 1), and 494 of these have been executed (Bedeau n.pag.) Although many see capital punishment as a useful tool, . It is true that the death penalty is becoming increasingly more popular and widely used in the United States. Ever since the death penalty was ruled constitutional ...