In Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court held that the death penalty itself constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

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In Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court did not hold that the death penalty itself constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, but rather that the arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty under the existing statutes constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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