Add to ORKG1972, the Court vacated the sentence of three capital defendants in Fzlnnan v. G e ~ r g i a, ~ ruling that the sentences in-flicted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Furinan court's con-cern with the arbitrary and discrimina-tory application of the death penalty eventually prompted state legislatures to refine their capital punishment statutes.' Four years after Furman, the Court up-held the first group of revised death pen-alty statutes in Gregg v. G ~ o r g i a. ~ and a majority of states copied those statutes. reenacting the death penalty. ' The newl
Over the last decade, the most important events in American death pen-alty law have occurred outside...
The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence regarding the death penalty, whether or not cruel, has most certai...
The modern era of death penalty statutes and procedures were a response to Furman v. Georgia (1972),...
In 1972, the Supreme Court heard the case Furman v. Georgia. Through this case and its resulting dec...
In 1972, in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court deemed it “incon-testable” that a death sentence is...
In 1972, in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court deemed it incontestable that a death sentence is ...
Four years after Furmanv. Georgia, the Supreme Court has resolved the major question left unanswered...
After Furman v. Georgia held that state statutes that allow for the imposition of the death penalty ...
Part I of this comment provides a brief review of Furmanandthe circumstances leading to the decision...
After the execution of Washington Goode, a black man sentenced to be hanged for murder in Massachuse...
abstract: In 1972, the United States Supreme Court found that the death penalty was being applied to...
In 1972, the United States Supreme Court determined that the death penalty, as then administered in ...
In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the capital convictions of Jackson F...
This Article addresses four questions: Why hasn\u27t the Court left capital punishment unregulated, ...
“Death is qualitatively different from other punishments that can be imposed by the state.” Recognit...
Over the last decade, the most important events in American death pen-alty law have occurred outside...
The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence regarding the death penalty, whether or not cruel, has most certai...
The modern era of death penalty statutes and procedures were a response to Furman v. Georgia (1972),...
In 1972, the Supreme Court heard the case Furman v. Georgia. Through this case and its resulting dec...
In 1972, in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court deemed it “incon-testable” that a death sentence is...
In 1972, in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court deemed it incontestable that a death sentence is ...
Four years after Furmanv. Georgia, the Supreme Court has resolved the major question left unanswered...
After Furman v. Georgia held that state statutes that allow for the imposition of the death penalty ...
Part I of this comment provides a brief review of Furmanandthe circumstances leading to the decision...
After the execution of Washington Goode, a black man sentenced to be hanged for murder in Massachuse...
abstract: In 1972, the United States Supreme Court found that the death penalty was being applied to...
In 1972, the United States Supreme Court determined that the death penalty, as then administered in ...
In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the capital convictions of Jackson F...
This Article addresses four questions: Why hasn\u27t the Court left capital punishment unregulated, ...
“Death is qualitatively different from other punishments that can be imposed by the state.” Recognit...
Over the last decade, the most important events in American death pen-alty law have occurred outside...
The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence regarding the death penalty, whether or not cruel, has most certai...
The modern era of death penalty statutes and procedures were a response to Furman v. Georgia (1972),...