The Supreme Court case of Gregg v. Georgia first brought the death penalty to a halt in 1972 due to issues of cruel and unusual punishment.

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The Supreme Court case of  Gregg v. Georgia first brought the death penalty to a halt in 1972 due to issues of cruel and unusual punishment.

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The Supreme Court case that first brought the death penalty to a halt in 1972 due to issues of cruel and unusual punishment was Furman v. Georgia, not Gregg v. Georgia. Gregg v. Georgia (1976) later upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty under new state laws that sought to eliminate arbitrary sentencing.

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