In this paperwork of CJA 344 Week 4 Discussion Questions you will find the answers on the next questions: DQ 1: In Gregg v. Georgia‚ the Supreme Court assumed that racial discrimination would not be a problem under the "guided-discretion" statutes enacted in the wake of the Furman decision. Does the evidence support or refute this conclusion? DQ 2: Do you think the Death Penalty is an effective means of punishment? Law - General Law For this assignment‚ you will choose from the
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Preceding initial research of the death penalty‚ the umbrella of crimes of which it covered seemed larger than it realistically was. Between murder‚ adult rape‚ and child rape‚ the death penalty could be widely applicable if deemed constitutional. Prior to any study‚ the death penalty surely seemed to be acceptable from a constitutional aspect‚ as such morally heinous crimes deserved to be severely punished accordingly. Upon subsequent research‚ many intricacies of the law were noticed or understood
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TO: Hon. Judge Colcort‚ Oceana Supreme Court FROM: Kimberly Cromwell‚ Clerk to Hon. Judge Colcort‚ Oceana Supreme Court RE: In the Matter of People of Oceana v. Samantha Clark DATE: January 29‚ 2014 Background of Clark Case Samantha Clark‚ 45‚ in 1989‚ admittedly killed John Clark‚ after she discovered him in a homosexual act with Neil Brownfield‚ in plain view of the Clark’s two minor children‚ aged seven and eight respectively. Mrs. Clark‚ an ordained minister in the Real Life Church
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THE DEATH PENALTY The death penalty or capital punishment has been part of our humanity for years and years. Existed since ancient times‚ according to people a person who has committed an atrocious act‚ was sentence to death penalty or capital punishment. The death penalty begins back in the 18th century B.C. in the code of king Hammaurabi of Baylon; who was accused of committing 25 crimes. In years past‚ the punishments where more crucial then today‚ the execution procedures had no boundaries
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with contemporary standards of decency‚ capital punishment may serve some deterrent or retributive purpose that is not degrading to human dignity‚ and in the case of the Georgia law under review‚ capital punishment is no longer arbitrarily applied” (Gregg v. Georgia‚ 1976‚ p. 1). The difference between this case and Furman v. Georgia is that previously the Court had ruled that the death penalty methods as administered back then were unconstitutional‚ not the actual idea of the death penalty
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Anders Kirleis & Thomas Maginello 1/18/15 Mr. Dever Current Social issues. 1. Abortion - The History of abortion goes back as far as ancient times because it’s the only way to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The methods are countless. (including the administration of abortifacient herbs‚ the use of sharpened implements‚ the application of abdominal pressure‚ and other techniques.) In 1973 in the United States Supreme court ruled that abortion was illegal unless it was to save the life of the
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1972‚ in the case of Furman v. Georgia the U.S. Supreme Court placed a moratorium‚ which is a delay or suspension of an activity or law‚ on the sentencing of Furman for capital punishment. They made the decision to end it in 1976‚ with the case of Gregg v. Georgia. Several court officials wrote that the use of capital punishment was cruel and unusual and it violated the 8th and the 14th amendments set by the U.S. Constitution. They also expressed similar concerns that it was racially targeting black
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Supreme Court Justices‚ the highest authority of the law‚ were torn on the issue. This ruling essentially made Capital Punishment illegal in the United States. This lasted about four years‚ until another case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court (Gregg v. Georgia 1976) that reinstated the death penalty. It stated that it must be administered with guided discretion‚ meaning it must be applied fairly and uniformly. Two additional cases brought before the Supreme Court this year (Jurek v. Texas) and
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Learn From History The first established laws of capital punishment trace back to the eighteenth century B.C.E. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon. An examining of the accounts of capital punishment starting with Hammurabi and continuing through the present demonstrates that the punishment’s history follows a trend. Throughout the course of history‚ the trend of capital punishment has gone from its devaluing of human life to its being protective of human life; historically‚ a completely
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North Carolina should abolish the death penalty as a means of punishment because it is unconstitutional‚ irreversible‚ and disadvantages are imposed to those of low income. Capital punishment is truly unconstitutional. During the case Gregg v. Georgia‚ Troy Leon Gregg and other inmates claimed that a death sentence was a violation of the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution. In this amendment cruel and unusual punishment is prevented. Execution is simply a cruel and unusual punishment
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