Provides an account of the Supreme Court case of Furman v Georgia in which the Court overturned the imposition of the death penalty for convicted murderer William Henry Furman after hearing arguments that the death sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment and was in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments.
year: 2007
call number/section: 345.73
subjects: furman, william henry, trials, litigation, etc, capital punishment, united states, georgia, georgia, trials, litigation, etc