Capital Punishment

myself capital punishment is an issue that I feel has two sides to it. Many people think that

capital punishment is inhumane and barbarous, so is it?

Capital Punishment has been around since the 1700’s. Capital punishment was

used very often in the Middle Ages. Most forms of capital punishment were abolished in

the 1800’s. In 1972 the Supreme Court banned the death penalty because it was cruel and

unusual punishment in the violation of the 8th and 14th amendments to the Constitution.

In 1976 after a serial killer’s case the death penalty was required only for certain crimes.

Now these days many countries have abolished capital punishment but the United States

has not. In the United States there is thirty-seven states that have some type of capital

punishment and thirteen states that do not have capital punishment. I am proud to say that

Minnesota does not have capital punishment. Some forms of capital punishment ar

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