Georgia

It was 11:45 pm, we had the car packed, the moving truck loaded and on its way, and all of our goodbyes said to our family and friends, and set out to our new home in Georgia. It took us about 13-14 hours, but we finally arrived at 1:23 pm having driven the entire night, exhausted but still eager to see what is in Georgia. When we stepped out of the car for the first time, we were welcomed by a brisk December afternoon with a light breeze, something completely different from the sweltering heat…

After the Georgia General Assembly altered the state’s legislation concerning the death penalty, it was able to be reinstated. In 2001, Georgia abandoned the use of the electric chair. According to BBC News, the state court ruled “that death by electrocution ‘inflicts purposeless physical violence and needless mutilation that…

more evident among people of color and the poor who have limited access to legal resources and an adequate lawyer who will advocate on their behalf. Evidence of the death penalty disproportionately impacting people of color is apparent in Furman v Georgia…

in regards to death penalty jurisprudence, and by addressing the purpose behind the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia (428 U.S. 153 1976), to determine whether or not it was inherently cruel and unusual. Explicitly in Gregg v. Georgia, Justice Stewart remarks in his majority opinion that the death penalty “serve[s] two principal social purposes: retribution and deterrence (Gregg v. Georgia 1976).” Despite this, however, the debate on the death penalty and deterrence has been carried out for…

These were simple classes that mostly resembled my high school literature classes. Later as a college freshman attending the University of North Georgia, I took a required world literature class with Professor Kluczykowski, and to be honest, I felt slightly overwhelmed in the beginning. I was scared to speak up in class; nervous to voice my opinion about Tartuffe for fear of of saying something stupid…

Christmas in Georgia Everyone has a favorite childhood memory that shines vivid in their mind, mine is not an extravagant foreign vacation or skydiving from a plane at 30,000 feet It is simply a family trip to Atlanta, Georgia. Family has always been something my mother tried to make an important part of my upbringing, but to me it was nothing more than a word with an unknown meaning. In her attempts to draw us closer together, my mother planned a trip for us to drive 10 hours across states to…

Tye River Elementary School is located in Nelson County, Virginia. It is a public elementary school serving children from the grades of preschool through fifth grade. It is conveniently located off of route 29, but it is also placed far enough away from the road that it does not pose as a distraction or threat to the children attending the school. Both the inside and outside architecture is eye pleasing, giving the sense of friendliness to visitors. Overall Tye River Elementary school has…

A Utilitarian Case For Capital Punishment On November 21, 1973, a man named Troy Leon Gregg murdered two men while hitchhiking in an attempted robbery in the mountains of Georgia. In the case Gregg v. Georgia, Gregg was sentenced to the electric chair by a Georgia Grand Jury and this decision was upheld by the US Supreme Court after many appeals. It was deemed that the death penalty does not violate the eighth amendment of the constitution that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.…

The death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment prohibits the government from inflicting this upon others. Many court cases have involved the Eighth Amendment which has saved people from death. Although, this number is only a fraction of the number of executions since 1976. Even “innocent” people are executed, only to find out later that they really were innocent. The death penalty is just another form of revenge. Families are in a time of grievance and want revenge…

declared that under then-existing laws ‘the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty… constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.’ (Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238),” (source). In 1976, the United States Supreme Court decided on the case Gregg v. Georgia that the death penalty would be reinstated after some years of being considered unconstitutional.…