In the 1972 case of _____ v. Georgia , the US Supreme Court struck down all state death penalty laws as "arbitrary and capricious."

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In the 1972 case of _____ v. Georgia , the US Supreme Court struck down all state death penalty laws as "arbitrary and capricious." ​

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In the 1972 case of Furman v. Georgia, the US Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty, as it was then administered, was arbitrary and capricious, violating the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. This decision led to a temporary halt of capital punishment across the United States.

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