The United States Supreme Court and the death penalty since Furman: The settlement of basic issues
In 1972 the United States Supreme Court in Furman V. Georgia found that the death penalty as it was then being applied was cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Furman provided few constitutional guidelines, but states re...
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1984
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American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1984, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-16 |
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