Death is Unconstitutional: How Capital Punishment Became Illegal in America - Future History
30 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2008 Last revised: 29 Apr 2008
Abstract
The death penalty is a dispropoportionate and ineffective means to a permissible end and thus is irrational. Irrational laws violate natural law. Natural law is the basis of the U.S. constitution. Capital punishment is thus unconstitutional.
Keywords: constitution, natural law, capital punishment, death penalty
JEL Classification: K14, K40
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Engle, Eric, Death is Unconstitutional: How Capital Punishment Became Illegal in America - Future History. Pierce Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1115742
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