Furman v. Georgia
· Case: Furman v. Georgia
· Year: 1972
· Result: 5-4, favor Furman
· Related constitutional issue/amendment:Amendment 8: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Rights
· Significance/Precedent: The death penalty in this case was cruel and unusual punishment and violated the Constitution. The Court's decision made states and the national legislature give the death penalty only based on the brutality of the crime. It should not be given in any discriminatory way. This case even stopped the death penalty for four years.
· Quote from majority opinion: “The imposition of the death penalty in these cases constituted cruel and unusual punishment and violated the Constitution.”
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: No discriminatory punishment, Burglary accidental murder
· Year: 1972
· Result: 5-4, favor Furman
· Related constitutional issue/amendment:Amendment 8: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Rights
· Significance/Precedent: The death penalty in this case was cruel and unusual punishment and violated the Constitution. The Court's decision made states and the national legislature give the death penalty only based on the brutality of the crime. It should not be given in any discriminatory way. This case even stopped the death penalty for four years.
· Quote from majority opinion: “The imposition of the death penalty in these cases constituted cruel and unusual punishment and violated the Constitution.”
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: No discriminatory punishment, Burglary accidental murder