by the states in the same year. (The FBIs Uniform Crime Report 1997)by the states. USA Today recently reported that a forthcoming study reveals geographic disparities in the application of the federal death penalty. U.S. Attorneys in only 5 of the 94 federal districts submit 1/3 of all cases for death penalty consideration. (USA Today, 9/5/00) A. Analogy (Which can better govern 100 students 1 principal or 5 teachers?)B. State is better able to deal with local problems than the federal.In 1994, President Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act that expanded the federal death penalty to some 60 crimes, 3 of which do not involve murder. The exceptions are espionage, treason, and drug trafficking in large amounts. Two years later, in response to the Oklahoma City Bombing, President Clinton signed the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. The Act, which affects both state and federal prisoners, restricts review in federal courts by establishing tighter filing deadlines, limiting the opportunity for evidentiary hearings, and ordinarily allowing only a single habeas corpus filing in federal court. Proponents of the death penalty argue that this streamlining will speed up the death penalty process and significantly reduce its cost. (NCCAP Legal Defense & Education Fund, July 1, 2000.)Summary: I have just explained why it would be against the 10th Amendment to allow Capital Punishment on just a federal level, how the overcrowded federal courts couldnt possibly such a large flow of capital cases, and why the state statute can better reflect the geographical areas majority.Conclusion: Not only would it be unconstitutional, it would be inefficient and impractical if we did not maintain our present capital punishment two teared structure.A. Evidence: Racial Disparity in Federal Death Penalty Plea Agreements According to data collected by the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project, white defendants...
