Furman v. Georgia

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Eighth Amendment case Fourteenth Amendment case United States Supreme Court case criminal law case death penalty case landmark decision

Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Furman v. Georgia canonical	17
Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)	1
William Henry Furman v. State of Georgia	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eighth Amendment case ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ death penalty case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw	capital punishment law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ
citation	408 U.S. 238 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1972-06-29 ⓘ
effect	invalidated then-existing death penalty statutes nationwide ⓘ required states to revise death penalty statutes ⓘ temporarily halted capital punishment in the United States ⓘ
fullCaseName	Furman v. Georgia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: William Henry Furman v. State of Georgia
holding	existing death penalty schemes violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments ⓘ
impact	led to a de facto moratorium on executions in the United States ⓘ prompted states to adopt guided discretion death penalty statutes ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
justiceInDissent	Blackmun ⓘ surface form: Harry A. Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
justiceInMajority	Byron R. White ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ
legalIssue	arbitrary and capricious imposition of the death penalty ⓘ constitutionality of existing death penalty schemes ⓘ cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ
majorityType	per curiam opinion ⓘ
petitioner	William Henry Furman ⓘ
precedentFor	later death penalty jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ
relatedCase	Branch v. Texas ⓘ Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ Jackson v. Georgia ⓘ
respondent	U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ surface form: State of Georgia
result	remanded for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion ⓘ
shortDescription	1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down existing death penalty schemes as unconstitutional ⓘ
temporalContext	pre-Gregg death penalty era ⓘ
vote	5-4 decision ⓘ
yearDecided	1972 ⓘ

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Thurgood Marshall → notableDissent → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Furman v. Georgia → fullCaseName → Furman v. Georgia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Henry Furman v. State of Georgia

Jackson v. Georgia → relatedCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

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Branch v. Texas → relatedToCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Gregg v. Georgia → overruledCaseInPart → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Gregg v. Georgia → precededBy → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

William Henry Furman → defendantIn → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

William Henry Furman → associatedCourtCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

William Henry Furman → caseCitation → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)

United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court → hasNotableCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Jurek v. Texas → relatedTo → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Warren Burger Court → notableCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Burger Court → notableCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Proffitt v. Florida → relatedCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Woodson v. North Carolina → relatedCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Roberts v. Louisiana → relatedCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Lockett v. Ohio → relatedCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ

Coker v. Georgia → relatedCase → Furman v. Georgia ⓘ