The execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams in California raises once again the issue of capital punishment in the United States. The constitutionality of executions has been a constant subject of litigation. In 1976 the US Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment is not "cruel and unusual punishment." Since then, 1,004 prisoners have been put to death.
Death is final! The increasing number of prisoners who have been exonerated by DNA tests suggests that a number of innocent defendants must have been put to death. It is a severe miscarriage of justice for …
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