Gregg v. Georgia 1976

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American History

 

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Lawrence C

 

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March 8, 2015

 

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University

 

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At the penalty stage, the judge instructed the jury that it could recommend either a death sentence or a life prison sentence on each count and the jury returned the verdict of death. Challenging his death sentence, Gregg claimed that his capital sentence was "cruel and unusual" punishment, violating the 8th and 14th amendment...
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Similarly just a few years earlier in Furman v. Georgia (1972) it was ruled that capital punishment laws were violating the 8th and 14th amendments because they failed to prevent arbitrary ruling, and unpredictable application. However, between 1972 and 1976, 35 states passed new statutes authorizing the death penalty...
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