- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Coker v. Georgia (1977)
- Creator:
- Coenen, Dan T., 1952-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Safane, Aaron M.
- Date of Original:
- 2006-10-06
- Subject:
- Judgments--United States
Rape--United States
Capital punishment--United States - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the case of Coker v. Georgia. Despite the rejection of broadside attacks on capital sentencing in cases like Gregg v. Georgia (1976) and McCleskey v. Kemp (1987), litigants have successfully challenged particular features of state death-penalty laws in a number of U.S. Supreme Court cases. An especially significant ruling came in Coker v. Georgia (1977), which invalidated Georgia's effort to extend eligibility for the death penalty to persons convicted of the crime of rape.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/coker-v-georgia-1977/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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