There are many legislative elements to the Death Penalty. Read on to learn more.
The United States Supreme Court's decision in 1972's Furman v. Georgia held that the death penalty violated the 8th Amendment's prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment."
How the concepts of restitution and deterrence relate to capital punishment.
The moratorium movement began in 1997, when the American Bar Association (ABA) called on each jurisdiction that imposes the death penalty to suspend it until the risk of executing innocent persons is minimized. The abolition movement began when New Jersey lawmakers abolished the death penalty in 2007.
There are patterns of racial discrimination in death penalty cases.
Biblical law mandates the death penalty for 36 offenses. The Reform Movement, however, has followed rabbinic interpretations that effectively abolished the death penalty centuries ago.
Read the Reform Movement's activities and position on the death penalty, through our press activities.
