Terry Lenamon's List of Major U.S. Supreme Court Death Penalty Cases: Furman to 2009
SUMMARY: In 1972, the United States Supreme Court effectively halted the death penalty in this country with its opinion in Furman v. Georgia. However, the moratorium was short-lived and four years later, the government was again free to kill its citizens as punishment for certain crimes.
For easy reference, here are the major High Court’s decisions dealing with the death penalty from Furman forward (excluding those that have been overruled by later precedent), hyperlinked to the full opinion.
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Published: 2/26/2010
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