This Supreme Court case decided that the death penalty, as it was being carried out at the time, was unconstitutional.

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Furman v. Georgia (1972) ruled that the death penalty, as administered at the time, was arbitrary and capricious, and thus violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. This decision led to a temporary halt of capital punishment across the United States.

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