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Furman v. Georgia

No. 69-5003 SCOTUS · Decided SCOTUS

Case Overview

Struck every death penalty statute then in force because standardless discretion made capital sentencing arbitrary. The decision that emptied death row nationwide and forced the modern guided-discretion systems.

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