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A Stay of Execution |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / EYE ON THE HIGH COURT |
| Author: David C. Slade |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2000 |
| Size: 818 Words, 4,997 Characters |
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In 1789, when the Eighth Amendment was ratified by the states as part of the Bill of Rights, cruel and unusual punishments were, as a class, prohibited. At that time, the death penalty was commonly accepted. It was the method of execution of condemned prisoners that was scrutinized. Punishments such as drawing and quartering, disemboweling, burning alive, and public beheadings were held to be repugnant to civilized society and thus viewed as cruel and unusual. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty throughout the history of the country, in 1972 it did come very close to s...
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...issue that seems more appropriate to the Dark Ages than to the twilight days of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, however, questions of man's inhumanity to man linger. As we enter the third millennium, it is acutely interesting that our highest court will address such a fundamental issue of human civilization--the death sentence for criminals--an issue reminiscent of the first millennium.
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