Furman+v.+Georgia

The year the case was heard was Jan 1972 and decided in June, 1972. 1/1
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Furman FIRST NAME? was burglarizing a private home and attempted to flee when a family member discovered him. When he tripped and fell, his gun went off and HE Kkilled one of the people living in that home. He was convicted of murder and received the death penalty. This case was brought before the Supreme Court because the carrying out of the death penalty in this case was arguably cruel and unusual punishment. The lower courts sent it to the Supreme Court to declare it constitutional or unconstitutional because it was in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendments of the constitution. 5/5 GOOD
 * Summary of the Case**

The question that the court was trying to answer in this case was "Would carrying out the death penalty in these cases be cruel and unusual punishment according to the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?" The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, fines, and punishments. In this case, death penalty would have been an excessive punishment for the crime committed because Furman had no intent to shoot and kill the resident of the house. The Fourteenth Amendment has to do with citizenship and civil rights. The death penalty would go against Furman's civil right because it was unreasonable and there were no guidlines for the death penalty in place. 5/5
 * Constitutional/Legal Issue**

The vote of the justices was 5 for Furman and 4 against Furman. The court voted against the death penalty in these cases because the lower courts had no guidlines behind their decision. The Georgia death penalty statute was declared unconstitutional. Guidlines were made for juries and death penalties could only be used for certain crimes. 5/5
 * Decision or Holding**

This case was significant because the ruling made it so that couts had guidlines behind their death penalty decisions. The decision created certain options for the use of the death penalty: mandatory death sentance for certain crimes and standardized guidelines were made for the juries. The Furman case helped states rewrite their death penalties. This case made the way states were using the death penalty was unconstitutional because it was cruel and unusual. The death penalty was stopped for four years. It was restarted after the case Gregg v. Georgia and the ban for capital punishment was lifted. 5/5
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