1. Capital Punishment
Capital punishment was widely used during the Middle Ages, especially for crimes against the state and church. ... The outcome of this brings hope for the opponents of capital punishment in that if other states and countries take note of what is happening, they too will then take a long and hard look at their own justice systems. ... Since 1973, 102 prisoners have been released from death row in the United States after evidence emerged of their innocence of the crimes for which they were sentenced to death. ... This ruling reflected a day and age when flaws in the death-penalty system wer...
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