Abolishing The Death Penalty In The United States

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Throughout history, America has had the death penalty as a punishment. As we reach modernity, some people say that the death penalty seems a cruel and unusual punishment, which the Constitution forbids. Some people say that death is too easy of a punishment for some crimes. The death penalty is a very expensive punishment and creates a lot of work because the government needs to make sure all their information is correct and they don’t kill the wrong person, also, all the paperwork and incarnation is a lot of work and very expensive. In 1969 California took out the death penalty because it hadn’t been used in many years and it seemed like a cruel and unusual punishment. That same year the Manson “Family” murdered many rich people at a house