In ______, the Supreme Court rejected the statute that mandated that all persons convicted of first-degree murder should receive the death penalty as excessive and unduly rigid.

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Woodson v. North Carolina was the case in which the Supreme Court rejected the statute mandating death penalty for all first-degree murder convictions, ruling it as excessive and unduly rigid. This decision emphasized the need for individualized sentencing in capital cases.

In ______, the Supreme Court Rejected the Statute That Mandated