The Court held in ________ that the death penalty as such was not cruel and unusual punishment but that the indiscriminate manner in which it was applied made the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment.

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In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty, as administered at the time, was capricious and arbitrary, which made it cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. This decision led to a temporary halt of capital punishment across the United States.

The Court Held in ________ That the Death Penalty as Such