The u. s. operates under a/an system of criminal procedure, in which the prosecutor must establish guilt and the defendant cannot be compelled to testify against him/herself.

In the case of furman v. georgia (1972), the united states supreme court ruled that the death penalty- in specific cases- being arbitrarily and inconsistently imposed, often in a discriminatory manner. as a result, the imposition of the death penalty as a punishment was stopped throughout the united states.