1. Capital Punishment
The case that I was assigned is Furman v. In this report I will discuss three major areas of this case. This case was held or argued January 17, 1972. The case ended or was decided June 29, 1972. The three major areas that I will discuss are: the argument of the case, the death penalty according to the 8th Amendment, and the decision or the conclusion of the case. I will not express my opinion in this report because my opinion would not be suitable for this issue. I will only express what is constitutional according to the 8th Amendment. .
Furman v. Georgia followed shortly after the rape and murder cases of three African American convicts. Each convicted person received the death penalty. The argument of the Furman case was that he should receive that death penalty for murder. Furman was burglarizing a private home when a family member discovered him. He attempted to flee, and in doing so tripped and fell. The gun that he was carrying went off and killed a resident of the home. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The question presented of the Furman v. Georgia case was: Does the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in this case constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment? Furman used the 8th amendment to say that the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment. .
The 8th amendment is also subtitled as "Punishment for Crimes." The 8th amendment states: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fine imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted." Furman used this amendment to get out of the death penalty. According to the 8th amendment, the death penalty, from my understanding (not opinion), is cruel and unusual punishment and should be rethought by the states. This is exactly what was argued or discussed in the Furman v. Georgia case. Furman appealed the decision or sentence of the death penalty. He felt that it wasn"t his fault.
In 1972 the Supreme Court outlawed all remaining capital punishment laws in Furman vs. Georgia, with the exception of those with enough evidence to prove that the death penalty was appropriate. ... However, after Furman vs. ... The after math of Furman vs. Georgia. ...
The most interesting of all of these cases was "Furman vs. ... Georgia in 1976. ... (Ivers441) He was eventually received the death penalty, which his lawyers believed was in violation of Furman vs. Georgia, which had suspended the death penalty. ... It also showed that the Texas, Georgia, and Florida laws has eliminated the procedural deficiencies that concerned them in Furman."...
In 1972, a movement in America to have the capital punishment declared unconstitutional arose during the landmark case of Furman vs. Georgia, in which the Supreme Court ruled capital punishment as cruel and unusual punishment. Nevertheless, a Supreme Court decision in 1975 in the case of Gregg vs. Georgia stated that capital punishment did not violate the 8th amendment rights, and the executions began again under state supervision. ... The Furman Vs. ...
In 1972 Furman vs. Georgia deemed the way in which the death penalty was meted out was unconstitutional. However in 1976 Gregg vs. Georgia the Supreme Court found the death penalty was not unconstitutional. ... For example in 2006 Hamdan vs. ...
In 1972, a movement in America to have the death penalty declared unconstitutional arose, during the landmark case of Furman vs. Georgia, declaring the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment, nonetheless, a Supreme Court decision in 1975, Gregg vs. Georgia, stated capital punishment did not violate the eighth Amendment rights, and the executions began again under state supervision. ...
The issue of the death penalty was brought up in the Supreme Court in 1972 in the Furman vs. Georgia case. Furman said that capital cases resulted in "arbitrary and capricious sentencing" (Bohm). Furman challenged the Eighth Amendment. ... In order to get the death penalty working again, the Court told the states to rewrite the statutes and eradicate all the problems that we noticed in the Furman case. ...
The court supported its decision by claiming that the individual states had standards that were unsatisfactory, and that these states gave to much power to individual judges and juries, 1972 Furman vs. Georgia. In 1976, after a period of only four years, the Supreme Court reversed its early decision, 1976 Greg vs. Georgia, made in 1972 saying that because the states had made the necessary reforms, "The punishment of death does not invariably violate the Constitution." ...
In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled in Furman vs. Georgia the death penalty violated the rites of the person due to the "cruel and unusual punishment" law(the eighth amendment). But in 1976 the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Gregg vs. Georgia the ruled that it was not unconstitutional and resumed the death penalty in 1977. ...