Give a brief history of capital punishment in the United States.

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If you are a paralegal assisting an attorney who is representing smeone who has been convicted of a murder while doing a home invasion, you were found guilty and was sentenced in state court to be executed. I am assisting with research for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Provide the following information. Give a brief history of capital punishment in the United States. Include case law. Give an explanation of the constitutional ban on “cruel and unusual punishment,” including the four primary dimensions as interpreted by the Court. And discuss an example you found interesting of a right asserted by inmates under the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and the outcome. APA format with reference page