... laws in 1972, executions in the United States were becoming very rare (McKenna and Feingold 172-173). Berns argues that the death penalty can be seen as consistent with the principles of a constitutional democratic society. Berns notes that our criminal justice institutions impose punishments only s a ... that capital punishment is wrong because it springs from revenge, and Berns says revenge is a good thing. Capital punishment is denied in a cause by Justice Brennan because it is a denial of human dignity, and Berns says this only means that the vilest criminal is thought to ... fact is...

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