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Miranda Rights
Ernesto Miranda gets arrested without being told his rights so he was released from that sentence and the Miranda law was put into play so that wouldn't happen again -
Johnson and the PCC
President Lyndon Johnson creates the Presidents Crime Commision to help reform the criminal justice system -
1970s - 1980s
Deep recession occurred along with economy dropping. This led to higher crime rates. -
Late 1970s
Most Americans supported the death penalty -
Stanford Study
Stanford University starts a study to determine human behavior in prison. The study had to be stopped because the prisoners showed acute mental distress because of the prison guards being extremely cruel. -
The Attica Prison Riot
1,300 inmates took guards hostage at Attica prison. This lasted over four days and forty-three people died. This brought a lot of change for security measures. -
Death to the Death Penalty
Supreme Court disassembled death penalty because it was ruled as cruel and unusual punishment. -
1973-1997
Number of inmates in the U.S. rose more than 500%. -
Martinson's Study
Robert Martinson's study concluded that prison rehabilition was not successful. -
Gregg vs. Georgia
Gregg vs. Georgia: Death penalty deemed constitutional. -
Congress Does More Things
U.S. Congress lifts ban on convict labor. -
TEXAS
State of Texas begins executing convicts with lethal injections of chemical combinations. -
Early 1990s
Juvenile crime increased. -
Congress Does Things
U.S. Congress passes the federal Three Strike Law. -
ALABAMA
Alabama reinstates chain gang prison labor for the first time since the 1950s. -
Gilmore Execution
Gary Gilmore becomes first person to be executed in the U.S. since 1968. -
Realization of the Mentally Ill
Court bans executions for the mentally ill. -
Juvenile Crimes
Court bans death penalty for offenders who committed their crimes as juveniles. -
Lethal Injection Continues
Supreme Court upholds use of lethal injection. -
Death Only for Murder
Court rules death penalty can only be used for the crime of murder. -
21st Century
Prisons become overpopulated and expensive so new options are being created and looked into such as the Victom Offender Mediation Program, the Capital EcOp (economic opportunities), I Can't We Can, different forms of probation and public humiliation
