Furman v. Georgia Anniversary

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Does a Fair Way to Decide Who Gets The Death Penalty Actually Exist?

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This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. Georgia halting capital punishment.

Frida Ghitis : The court based its ruling on a finding of “legal arbitrariness” in violation of the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment .

Ghitis says the court's conservative majority has turned a blind eye, declining to resolve legal issues and showing consistent hostility to any restriction of the death penalty.

The death penalty remains on the books, even if it is far beyond time to turn the page.

For centuries , societies across the globe practiced human sacrifice, picking out a few victims to kill to advance societal goals.

The few who are put to death should actually be considered sacrifices to judges and politicians inability to reject a practice that has been rejected in fact, but not in law.

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