"it is society's reaction to first offenders which makes it likely for offenders to continue committing criminal offences" do you agree with this statement ?

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.