The development of punishment in early American history

It used to be very brutal. You could be executed on the spot, but today you get charged a fine.

i'm asking the same thing i asked this other cat all of

trumans defeat to eisenhower in the 1948 elections was due to trumans approach and handling of the cold war and the war in korea. trumans approach to communism during the cold war was the principle reason for his defeat. eisenhowers reputation and name as the supreme allied commander in europe during world war two and his campaign slogan that he ''would go to korea if elected'' won him the presidency.