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Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court decided that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Case name Citation Date decided Laird v. Tatum: 408 U.S. 1: 1972: Gelbard v. United States: 408 U.S. 41: 1972: Chicago Police Dept. v. Mosley: 408 U.S. 92: 1972
Kois v. Wisconsin: 408 U.S. 229 (1972) Nude photographs accompanying and rationally related to a newspaper story are entitled to constitutional free press protection Furman v. Georgia: 408 U.S. 238 (1972) Death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment; overruled by Gregg v. Georgia: Board of Regents v. Roth: 408 U.S ...
Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) The arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. This decision initiates a nationwide de facto moratorium on executions that lasts until the Supreme Court's decision in Gregg v. Georgia (1976). Gregg v.
The first significant general challenge to capital punishment [59] that reached the Supreme Court was the case of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972). The Supreme Court overturned the death sentences of Furman for murder, as well as two other defendants for rape.
Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed.; Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill.
In Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), Justice Brennan concurring wrote, "There are, then, four principles by which we may determine whether a particular punishment is 'cruel and unusual'." The "essential predicate" is "that a punishment must not by its severity be degrading to human dignity", especially torture.
Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) - Amicus curiae for William Furman, Lucious Jackson and Elmer Branch; Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1 [1] 1973 Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973) - represented "Mary Doe" Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973) - Amicus curiae for Sharron Frontiero; Schlesinger v. Holtzman ...