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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkb:Eighth_Amendment
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gptkbp:citation
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408 U.S. 238
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date
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1972-06-29
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gptkbp:decision
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Death penalty as administered was unconstitutional
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:State_of_Georgia
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
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gptkbp:effect
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Led to a de facto moratorium on the death penalty in the United States
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:William_Henry_Furman_v._State_of_Georgia
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Furman v. Georgia (1972)
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gptkbp:judge
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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Per curiam
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gptkbp:numberOfIssues
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Constitutionality of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:William_Henry_Furman
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gptkbp:predecessor
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Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
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gptkbp:subject
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Death penalty
Cruel and unusual punishment
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Federal_Death_Penalty_Act_of_1988
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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