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11 Dec 2011, 4:05 am by SHG
When the Supreme Court held that the death penalty was unconstitutionally arbitrary in Furman v. [read post]
13 Oct 2011, 9:13 am by Steve Hall
This is the lowest level of support since 1972, the year the Supreme Court voided all existing state death penalty laws in Furman v. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 10:00 pm by GuestPost
The death penalty today is exactly the same menace that led the US Supreme Court to hold in Furman v Georgia that its use was far too arbitrary and prone to racist bias and thereby unconstitutional (5:4 decision on cruel and unusual punishment in breach of 8th & 14th Amendments. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 8:01 pm by Kelly Phillips Erb
Capital punishment is allowed in most states since it was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976; it was suspended from 1972 to 1976 following the Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. [read post]
22 Sep 2011, 3:23 am
Georgia (1972) ended with its ruling in Gregg v. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 4:57 am by Ryan McKeen
Georgia, which led to a four-year halt on executions, the Chronicle reports. [read post]
16 Sep 2011, 7:40 am by Nathan Koppel
” In response to a question about what she would like to accomplish in her remaining years on the court, the justice said she would like to revive the Supreme Court’s ruling in Furman v. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 7:48 am by Steve Hall
Jr., and Thurgood Marshall concluded in the 1972 case of Furman v. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 1:30 pm by Steve Hall
Several states passed laws mandating or permitting the penalty following the Supreme Court's 1972 decision in Furman v. [read post]