Understanding Capital Punishment and Its Role in the United States Justice System (2531 words, 16 pages)
Capital Punishment is the legal infliction of thedeath penalty. In the United States capitalpunishment is legal in thirty-nine of the fiftystates. Beginning in 1973, prison populations beganan inevitable growth. There were 204,211 inmates in1973, and by 1977 the number of prisoners had grown to285,456, which later grew to 315,974 in ...
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