Challenging Classroom Conversations: Capital Punishment
Cato Event Podcast
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The Supreme Court's Ban on Dual and Unusual Punishments
There are probably few ways of executing a human being that are more cruel, more gratuitous than the electric chair. The Supreme Court has taken a fairly unserious approach to death penalty cases. Some punishments that were quite common at the founding era would have been various kinds of physical branding and maiming.
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