Historical Events tagged with "cruel punishment"
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Supreme Court Ruling on Death Penalty's Constitutionality
The United States Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty's arbitrary and inconsistent application violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. This landmark decision stemmed from a series of cases challenging the fairness of capital punishment. The ruling emphasized a constitutional standard against cruel and unusual punishment, significantly impacting how states administer capital punishment. Furman v. Georgia involved a defendant, William Furman, whose death sentence was deemed unconstitutional. The decision sent ripples through the U.S. legal system and sparked a national debate on the ethics of the death penalty.
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