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Reinstatement of the Death Penalty<\/h1>\n
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\n By Linda Sanabria, J.D.<\/a> | Legally reviewed by Melissa Bender, Esq.<\/a>\n | Last updated\n
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The federal government’s moratorium pointed to deficiencies in state laws, and lawmakers sought to update their laws to please federal courts. Reinstatement of the death penalty and death row soon followed.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The death penalty has long been a point of contention in the United States. Capital punishment across the country was halted in 1972 when the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Furman v. Georgia<\/a><\/i>. In that case, a split Supreme Court made two important rulings:<\/p>\r\n