Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238
Type
Case
Week
Week 7
Course
LA 50: Constitutional Law
Definition
A criminal case in which the USSC invalidated all death penalty schemes in the United States in a 5-4 decision, with each member of the majority writing a separate opinion. Following Furman, in order to reinstate the death penalty, states had to at least remove arbitrary and discriminatory effects in order to satisfy the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.