Those opposed to capital punishment cite the following reasons. First opponents say too many states have the death penalty. Only thirty-six states in the U.S. make at least one crime punishable by death. Fourteen states do not have death penalty. Next, opponents say capital punishment is cruel and unusual punishment. In 1972, the Supreme Court decided that the death penalty, as it was then administered, was not cruel and unusual. The ban on cruel and unusual punishment forbi

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