he method. However, all was lost when four years later, thedecision was once more revised and ruled the death penalty once more legal. Death row will continue to expand. It is almost certain that the rising level of executions will be widely condemned. The future of capital punishment may finally come down to the question of expense. A single capital trial now costs millions of dollars. The enormous volume of continuing appeals strain both federal and state courtsystems. Unless workable solutions are found to the practical difficulties involved in the administration of the death penalty. American society eventually may decide to significantly restrict or even abandon capital punishment.---Works CitedFlanders, Stephen A. Capital Punishment. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1991.Long, Robert Emmet. Criminal Sentencing. New York, NY: H.W. Company, 1995. ...
