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That there is nothing unconstitutional in the death penalty. >> the court says the death penalty is an expression of society's moral outrage at particular crimes. >> in the 1970s, we had a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. the u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. eventually, 1976, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems the people of utah want the death penalty but don't want executions. i took them lit...

Penalty is an expression of society's moral outrage at particular crimes. >> in the 1970s, we had a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. the u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. eventually, 1976, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems the people of utah want the death penalty but don't want executions. i took them literal and serious when they sentenced me to death. >> the crimes were not especially extre...

From new york, this is abc news. >> good evening. the supreme court ruled today that there is nothing unconstitutional in the death penalty. >> the court says the death penalty is an expression of society's moral outrage at particular crimes. >> in the 1970s, we had a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. the u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. eventually, 1976, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems the ...

Penalty. >> the court says the death penalty is an expression of society's moral outrage at particular crimes. >> in the 1970s, we had a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. the u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. eventually, 1976, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems the people of utah want the death penalty but don't want executions. i took them literal and serious when they sentenced me to death. >>...

Same time, i think what ends up happening is all trials are that way. as a defense lawyer or a prosecutor you're allowed to do and talk endlessly. that's generally not the case. i think that case also kind of was a precursor for people to understand that race plays a huge part in the criminal justice system. >> you look at the innocence project, which was started by two members of o.j.'s defense team. and, you know, that's had the effect of overturning hundreds of convictions. that's the law of unintended consequences and the way they tried that case. and they went on, as you said, to spring 3...