claim: "(t)he united states government and its constitution says that people can be put to death."
author: jimmy carter
evidence_1: rees, the u.s. supreme court approved a three-drug combination of (1) sodium  ... gross (2015) the supreme court held 5-4 that death row inmates are ... in baze , the court stated that prisoners challenging a lethal injection protocol must ...  dose of midazolam would not render a person sufficiently unconscious to “resist  the ...
evidence_2: dec 7, 2018 ... note: the following text is a transcription of the constitution as it was ... we the  people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, .... to make  rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces; ....  executed, and shall commission all the officers of the united states.
evidence_3: nearly half of the federal death sentences are from only three states (tx, va, mo) . ... a conviction or death sentence would have also been available in state ....  convicted and sentenced to death for a carjacking resulting in the deaths of two  people .... since 1988, the federal government has taken to trial a total of 203  federal ...
evidence_4: the eighth amendment to the united states constitution states: “excessive bail  shall ... this amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing unduly  ... for example, would it violate the eighth amendment to impose a life sentence  for a ... proponents of the death penalty argue that some people have committed  ...
evidence_5: the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the united states constitution each  contain a due process clause. due process deals with the administration of  justice and thus the due process clause acts as a safeguard from arbitrary denial  of life, liberty, or property by the government outside the .... in the context of the  death penalty debate in the united states, it has been ...