Criminal
Jul. 27, 2000
Even a Child Can Grasp the Death Penalty's Unfairness
By Elaine Michetti. I was 10 years old when the U.S. Supreme Court made way for the reinstitution of the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia, 429 U.S. 1301 (1976). In Los Angeles in 1976, celebrating our nation's bicentennial was the closest we fifth-graders came to government and politics. Criminal justice, effective assistance of counsel and executions could not have been further from our minds.
I was 10 years old when the U.S. Supreme Court made way for the reinstitution of the death penalty in Gregg v. Georgia, 429 U.S. 1301 (1976). In Los Angeles in 1976, celebrating our nation's bicentennial was the closest we fifth-graders came to government and politics. Criminal justice, ...
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