the death penalty today

THE DEATH PENALTY TODAY

“Society changes. Knowledge accumulates. We learn, sometimes, from our mistakes. Punishments that did not seem cruel and unusual at one time may, in the light of reason and experience, be found cruel and unusual at a later time.”

~ Justice Stevens, Graham v. Florida

EVOLVING STANDARDS OF DECENCY

MODERN CONTROVERSY AND LEGALITY

Background: Tlumacki, John. Boston, 21 Apr. 2015.