Capital punishment falls under the category of Ideological/Single-Issue interest groups. They are organized through mainly through religious institutions or chapters and state affiliates. The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) has approximately 300,000 members nationwide and is based on strict adherence to federal and state constitutions and their Bill of Rights. The ACLU believes that capital punishment violates the Constitutional prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishment and equal protection of the laws (aclu.org). The ACLU …showed first 75 words of 686 total…

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