The death penalty is a very controversial issue and some believe it to be fair and just; aside, there are also those who believe it is cruel and unusual punishment. The first time the idea of ​​introducing the death penalty in the United States occurred in 1608 against a man named George Kendall, who was accused of being a spy for Spain, making him the first person to be executed on American soil (Death Penalty Info Center). He later went so far as to impose the death penalty on people who stole grapes, traded among Indians, and killed chickens; these reasons were soon revised and repealed by Bradford in Pennsylvania in 1794 and this changed the course towards the death penalty so that it would only be applied if charged with first degree murder. Death penalty statistics can be found on the Death Penalty Information Center website. , this data can be viewed by choosing a particular state and what are the statistics for that particular state. The type of statistics included in this part of the website are the number of executions before 1976, the population on death row, women on death row, the date the death penalty was reinstated, and the number of people released from death row; The other useful website is oyez, which lists all pending Supreme Court cases regarding the death penalty and their outcomes. In the case of Furman v. Georgia, the big question raised by the application of the death penalty was this: It was an act of cruel and unusual punishment in clear violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments; The court found that the death penalty in this case and those attached to it constituted a flagrant violation of the constitution. There were only two judges who... middle of paper ...... corporal punishment in Judaism. " Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 25, 2013. Web. December 8, 2013. "Case by Issue - Death Penalty." The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. Np, nd Web. December 8, 2013. "Death Penalty : facts." Death penalty: facts. Np, nd Web. December 6, 2013."FURMAN v " GEORGIA. " Furman v. Georgia. Np, nd Web. December 7, 2013. “Part I: History of the Death Penalty.” Death Penalty Information Center. Np, nd Web. December 6, 2013. "State-by-State Database." Death Penalty Information Center. Np, nd Web. December 8, 2013. "Terry Lenamon on the Death Penalty: Lawyer and Attorney Terry Lenamon on Death Penalty Defense, Death Penalty Trials and Appeals | Law Firm." Terry Lenamon's List of Aggravating Factors and mitigating circumstances of the federal death penalty: Terry Lenamon on the death penalty. Np, nd Web. December 9. 2013.