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On May 1993, a man named Nathan Dunlap, shot five workers at Chuck E Cheese at Aurora, Colorado. Four of them, passed away and one survived a shot to the face. On July 2012, James Holmes created a massacre also at The Aurora Theater in Aurora, Colorado. There was a total seventy victims, were twelve were killed, and fifty-eight were injured. The last man to ever cause capital punishment to rise was Ariel Castro, who kidnapped three women in certain years, and kept them captive for more than a…

the defendant and found that death by firing squad was a protected method of punishment. (Wilkerson v. Utah, 99 US 130) Various cases came and went without much change to the constitutionality of capital punishment until the 1972 case of Furman v. Georgia which turned the institution on its head. Attorneys for William Henry Furman argued that the death penalty was unconstitutional because there was no clear definition of what constituted a death penalty crime causing it to be inconsistently…

Death penalty on juveniles Capital punishment has continued to elicit raging debates over the years. Inferring from the Furman v. Georgia (1972), Gregg v. Georgia (1976) and the resumption of death penalty as the retribution, the issue of innocence continues to haunt and cause contentious public debates in the United States (Foley, 2004). With regards to this, consignment of juvenile offenders to the gallows have consistently been disputed as a disproportionate punishment to minors; those below…

Gatlinburg, Tennessee, located in the Great Smoky Mountains, is an ideal place for vacations. A small town, with around four thousand residents, Gatlinburg draws more than 11 million visitors a year. Some of the best things about Gatlinburg, Tennessee are the beautiful autumn sceneries, the delicious desserts to try, and the unlimited activities available. One of the most astonishing experiences is standing at an overlook and seeing mountains glazed with fall colors. Gatlinburg is home to…

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…

Georgia was the first in the United States to abolish the death penalty. This case dealt with three separate cases as a whole. All three cases dealt with African American males committing various crimes in the state of Georgia. The first male William Henry Furman was 26, had not completed the 6th grade, and was diagnosed as moderately mentally deficient, suffering…

Moving into the nineteenth century, the abolitionist movement surrounding the death penalty began to come into effect. Many reforms were seen in many states during the early 1800s, including giving the jury discretion in imposing the death penalty and limiting the types of crimes (down to two in New Hampshire and Ohio by 1815) that were eligible for the death penalty. This is time when juries began to utilize their own power through the controversial actions known as “jury nullification,” in…

Gregg v. Georgia 428 US 153 (1976) History: The case of Gregg v. Georgia originated in the state of Georgia. The case originally took place in the Georgia Supreme court where the petitioner originally pleaded guilty to the charges brought against them. From there the petitioner challenged the decision and said the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth and fourteenth amendments. From this stage the case was then heard by the United States Supreme Courts. The United…

Why Positive Thinking Did Not Work for Me Many people believe positive thinking will lead a person to a perfect life; however, it is not completely true as it has its pros and cons. The reason why is because people request for things that they really want without really putting much effort into it and expect everything to fall into place. Today, society has gotten to the point where they make demands to God, and keep waiting to attain the stuff they asked or prayed for. For example, last year…

In part one of this story, a guy moved in down the street right after weird kidnappings started to happen. A girl, Lisa thought that her brother got kidnapped but it turned out to be that he was with his biological father neither of them knew that they had. A lot of drama happened between the mom and the kids and the biological father, but who is the real kidnapper? On a bright sunny Monday in the beginning of the summer, Lisa and Dylan were playing in the yard just a month or so after finding…