- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Furman v. Georgia (1972)
- Creator:
- Coenen, Dan T., 1952-
- Date of Original:
- 2004-10-04
- Subject:
- Judgments--Georgia
Capital punishment--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the case of Furman v. Georgia (1972). Before 1972 Georgia and other states that provided for capital punishment used systems that gave juries broad discretion in deciding whether to impose the death penalty on persons convicted of death-eligible offenses. In Furman v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down this feature of Georgia's capital sentencing scheme and in effect invalidated the death penalty, as then administered, throughout the United States.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/furman-v-georgia-1972/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Furman v. Georgia (1972)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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