Properties (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
1972
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| gptkbp:doctrine |
Eighth Amendment
|
| gptkbp:environmental_impact |
shaped death penalty reform efforts
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Furman v. Georgia
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| gptkbp:impact |
led to moratorium on death penalty
Anti-Death Penalty Movement |
| gptkbp:influenced |
on the death penalty
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| gptkbp:internationalRelations |
gptkb:Georgia
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| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:William_Henry_Furman
constitutionality of capital punishment |
| gptkbp:judges |
judicial activism
Justice Harry Blackmun Supreme_Court's_role_in_death_penalty_cases |
| gptkbp:lastProduced |
gptkb:Woodson_v._North_Carolina
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| gptkbp:lawEnforcement |
states revised death penalty statutes
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
remains_a_pivotal_case_in_U.S._law.
|
| gptkbp:legal_principle |
cruel and unusual punishment
disproportionate impact on minorities arbitrary application of the death penalty led to new death penalty statutes |
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
highlighted racial disparities in sentencing
|
| gptkbp:notableArtists |
Justices_William_Rehnquist_and_Lewis_Powell
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
408 U.S. 238
examined racial bias in sentencing landmark ruling on capital punishment ongoing debates about capital punishment for_future_Supreme_Court_rulings |
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
|
| gptkbp:outcome |
death penalty declared unconstitutional
temporary halt to executions invalidated existing death penalty laws reaffirmed importance of due process |
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
influenced future death penalty cases
|
| gptkbp:public_perception |
increased opposition to the death penalty
|
| gptkbp:regulatoryCompliance |
debated its implications for justice system
|
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Gregg_v._Georgia
Fourteenth Amendment |
| gptkbp:voterTurnout |
5-4
|
| gptkbp:year |
1971
|