Affirmative action under the constitution. And then the legacy of those decisions. Youre watching American History tv on cspan three. The u. S. Supreme court today ruled that the Death Penalty does not necessarily represent cruel and unusual punishment, and that i can be a deterrent to crime. By seven to two, the judges upheld the Death Penalty in florida georgia and texas, other states may be affected in this similar way. But about five to four, the court struck down Capital Punishment laws and and louisiana. That ruling could prevent still other states from invoking their own Death Penalty laws. All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to drawn their and give their attention. Landmark cases, spends special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice, may it please the court
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up next on booktv after words with guest host kimberly tignor the national bar association at the sukie and policy counsel. abc news veteran martin clancy and tim o brien and their books up for lethal crimes and landmark cases. and if they examine the capital punishment cases that they say define the parameters in order to uphold the death penalty on appeal. the program is about an hour. host: i wanted to talk to you both, the topic matter and the focus and the title is important and the important dialogue going on in the u.s.. the first question i really want to ask you is what prompted you to write this book? was a prompted by a particular experience? guest: we found with so many cases in the supreme court everybody focuses on the legal issues, as they should at the stories behind the legal issues are compelling. they are for net fascinating and that is particularly true with death penalty cases. we found what happened before the crime and what happened during the c