website: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm Search topic Capital Punishment. Read the court's "Syllabus" and "Opinion" .

Prepare a case summary that describes the following:

• the facts about the case
• the court's conclusion and reasons for its opinion, and
• the effect of the case on contemporary U.S. social policy (you will have to do some additional research for this part.)