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Death Penalty: Furman Vs. Georgia Case

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Those who support capital punishment believe that some crimes are so horrible they deserve an equal punishment. It is also believed by these people that the death penalty deters criminals from such crimes. Those who do not support capital punishment believe that humans should not take a life no matter what, and they say that there is evidence that some people have been wrongly executed. In Furman vs. Georgia the Supreme Court changed the way that criminals were tried in court and stopped all executions until better laws were made. Executions were started again in 1980, and during the 1990s the execution rate began to rise. Questions about discrimination has shown to be hard to prove, and so it is difficult to decide if a criminal had a fair

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