A Brief History On June 29, 2007, Apple Inc. sold the first of 500 million iPhones, the company’s first mobile phone. Known as a “smart phone,” the iPhone is much more than just a cell phone. Digging Deeper Capable of an incredible array of operations, the iPhone features a touch screen and Wi-Fi, enabling it to connect to the internet and many cellular networks. There are over 1 million apps available for the iPhone, both from Apple and from third party sources. When holding such a marvelous device it is easy to take it for granted and to think it…
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A Brief History On June 29, 1972, the Supreme Court of the United States stunned the nation by ruling in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty violated the 8th and 14th Amendments. This decision basically outlawed capital punishment until each state that wanted to reinstate it reworked their laws and procedures to meet Supreme Court guidelines. Digging Deeper It seems that over 200 years of previous experience had not perfected the procedure. The court found judicial practices so arbitrary and inconsistent that a grossly uneven administration of capital punishment was the result. So much so, that it constituted cruel and unusual punishment. In wake…
