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12 Dec 2010, 8:28 am
Thus, in reaction to Furman v. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 7:43 am
Strictly speaking, this is true, but nearly forty years ago, the Supreme Court struck down all then-existing death penalty statutes in Furman v. [read post]
4 Dec 2010, 8:00 am
After Furman, some states (and Congress) enacted mandatory sentencing laws in the well-founded belief that this was the type Furman required. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 12:57 pm
In 1972, the Supreme Court had struck down all existing capital punishment laws in one of the most far-reaching opinions in its history, called Furman v. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 11:01 pm
.' They are: (1) political exploitation of the gap between the Furman decision and popular opinion; (2) adversarial legal proceedings featuring cultural tensions between capital punishment and liberal humanism; (3) the political association of capital punishment with larger political and cultural issues, such as civil rights, states’ rights, and crime control; (4) demands for revenge; and (5) the emotional power of imagining killing and death. ... '[T]he American… [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 12:00 am
Three and a half months later, at the end of March, the Court heard oral argument in cases from five states (Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Louisiana) that had enacted new death penalty laws after the Court's 1972 decision in Furman v. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 12:00 am
Three and a half months later, at the end of March, the Court heard oral argument in cases from five states (Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Louisiana) that had enacted new death penalty laws after the Court's 1972 decision in Furman v. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 7:10 am
Or, look at what happened after Furman v. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 4:30 am
Exhibit A for the second element of modernization are the 1972 decision in Furman v. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 7:29 am
Texas has carried out 464 executions since 1982, by far the most of any state in America, accounting for more than 37% of the nation's post-Furman executions. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 8:12 pm
In 1972, in Furman v. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 6:00 am
Twenty years have passed since this Court declared that the death penalty must be imposed fairly, and with reasonable consistency, or not at all, see Furman v. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 6:00 am
Twenty years have passed since this Court declared that the death penalty must be imposed fairly, and with reasonable consistency, or not at all, see Furman v. [read post]
15 Oct 2010, 9:24 am
The Supreme Court's 2008 ruling in Baze v. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 9:08 pm
Justice Stevens had not yet joined the Court in 1972 when a majority invalidated the then-existing death penalty in Furman v. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 9:07 am
That was after Furman v. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 7:49 pm
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ON TRIAL: FURMAN V. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 10:30 pm
Furthermore, as the Supreme Court said about the death penalty in Furman v. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 4:40 pm
Furman v. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 8:07 am
")Earlier coverage of Oshinksy's book begins with this post; more on Furman v. [read post]
