William Henry Furman

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criminal defendant person

William Henry Furman was the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Furman v. Georgia, which led to a temporary halt of capital punishment nationwide in 1972.

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal defendant → person →
associatedCourtCase	Furman v. Georgia →
associatedJurisdiction	State of Georgia →
caseCitation	Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) →
caseDecisionBy	Supreme Court of the United States →
caseDecisionYear	1972 →
convictedOf	murder →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
defendantIn	Furman v. Georgia →
hasRole	petitioner →
impactOnLaw	led to requirement of guided discretion in death penalty statutes → prompted nationwide halt to capital punishment →
legalIssue	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → capital punishment →
name	William Henry Furman →
notableFor	being the defendant in Furman v. Georgia →
placeOfConviction	Georgia, United States →
race	African American →
relatedCase	Gregg v. Georgia →
relatedLegalTopic	cruel and unusual punishment → death penalty jurisprudence in the United States →
sentence	death penalty →
sentenceModifiedTo	life imprisonment →
timePeriodOfNotability	20th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
William Henry Furman →	name
Furman v. Georgia →	petitioner