Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier

City University of New York

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Capital Punishment

Capital punishment is a punishment option of the federal government in more than two thirds of states in the United States.

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Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)

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Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan, 444 U.S. 646 (1980)

During the 1970s and early 1980s, the U.S. Supreme Court considered a large number of constitutional challenges to various forms of government aid to religious schools.

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