09-20-2007, 10:49 AM
Kaan Wrote:any person was hung in this country from its inseption until hanging was deemed cruel and unusual punishment... for ANY capitol crime. And for almost 150 years a capitol crime could be anything from rape, murder, bank robbery, to shop lifting at the general store in town.
So are these capital crimes?
Kaan Wrote:a white man helping free the slaves, a white man that wasnt racist and had black friends would be hung, a white anything marrying a black person..