Death penalties

By DiamondP30138
  • U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms Constitutionality of Death Penalty

    U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms Constitutionality of Death Penalty

    The supreme court stated again how they can still do the death penalty the eighth amendment didn't say they couldn't do it. The eighth amendment just stated how the couldn't do any cruel or usual punishment.
  • Gary Gilmore Becomes The First Person To Be Executed In The United States In 10 Years

    Gary Gilmore Becomes The First Person To Be Executed In The United States In 10 Years

    Gregg gave states the green light to implement the death penalty, as long as the juries received adequate guidance. Half a year later, on this date the first execution since June 1967 took place. The man was Gary Gilmore convicted in Utah of murder. Gilmore was executed by a firing squad at his request.
  • US Supreme Rules That Capital Punishment is Excessive For A Defendant Who Played A Minor Role In A Felony Murder

    US Supreme Rules That Capital Punishment is Excessive For A Defendant Who Played A Minor Role In A Felony Murder

    The death penalty to a man who robbed and murdered a elderly couple in Florida. He didn't have a really big part in it he just drove the drive car but sill was sentenced for a death penalty so they thought he souldn't have the death penalty since he didn't kill.
  • US Sumpreme Court Rules Execution Of Insane Person Unconstitutional

    US Sumpreme Court Rules Execution Of Insane Person Unconstitutional

    The supreme court held that the execution of a insane prisoner was unconstitutional of the eighth amendment which is a cruel and unusual punisnhmet.
  • A Study Finds 350 Cases That Were Wrongly Accused

    A Study Finds 350 Cases That Were Wrongly Accused

    They stated how 350 cases between 1900 ad 1985 who were later found to be innocent. They were falsely accused and they just find out that they shouldn't have been killed.