1. The US Constitution - Protecting Our Rights
The constitution clearly allows the death penalty as the 5th amendment states ˜no person shall be deprived of life without due process of law and 14th amendment also states that ˜no state shall deprive any person of life without due process of law.' ... Georgia deemed the way in which the death penalty was meted out was unconstitutional. ... Georgia the Supreme Court found the death penalty was not unconstitutional. ...
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