Capital Punishment

Part I of Essay
There has been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion to gun control, but has been one of the most hotly contested issues in recent years. is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. It is not inten ....

Part II of Essay
.... to be executed are Socrates and Jesus. Only in England, during the reigns of King Canute and William the Conqueror was the death penalty not used, although the results of interrogation and torture were often fatal. Later, Britain reinstated the death penalty and brought it to its American colonies. Although the death was widely accepted throughout the early United States, not everyone approved of it. In the late-eighteen century, opposition to the death penalty gathered enough strength to lead to important restrictions on the use of the dea ....