In the case heard by the Supreme Court, Daryl Renard Atkins was accused of going into a convenience store with a hidden handgun and began to ask people for money. Eric Nesbitt a 21 year old airman entered the store and talked to Mr. Atkins and proceeded to leave. Mr. Atkins then followed Eric to his truck forced his way into it. He then robbed Eric of his money and insisted he drive to an at

Since 1976, the year in which the death penalty was deemed constitutional in Gregg vs. Georgia, more that 800 people have been executed in 32 states that approved the uses of capital punishment. Of these 800 executions 480 took place between the years 1990 and 1998, a fourfold increase over those executed in the preceding 10years (Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health). This dramatic increase in the number of executions reaffirms the United States enduring philosophy of “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. This philosophy can be linked to the order theory which places blame directly on the victim, in this case the deceased; the court system then retaliates by handing out a death sentence to rectify these horrific acts of violence and to ensure the security of the judicial system. Through the view of the order perspective, a criminal who commits a crime in the first degree which is eligible for the death penalty, should be placed on death row and await capital punishment.

Mr. Atkins was clearly violated of his right to education in school. He became a victim of the tracking system, a system designed to help student like himself. The tracking system deliberately places sluggish performers in school together in the same classes so that they might learn at a much more comfortable rate. Meanwhile the remaining students are placed in the upper division track or the regular tracks which perform at substantially higher rates while keeping them isolated from the slower tracks. This isolation breeds the mentality that students feel superior to others who are placed in the sluggish tracks. These tracks may also be linked to the potential job types that students may for see in their future,

The verdict that spared Mr. Atkins of his life showcases that since was denied a proper education and received minimal help from society, he was obviously a victim of society and could not be put to death. The ruling by the Supreme Court set a new standard for special cases in which the death penalty can not obtained, sparing over one hundred prisoners along the way.

The shift of thought from the order perspective to the conflict theory in past generations can claim credit for key issues such as: the civil rights movement

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