Furman v. Georgia: Supreme Court Strikes Down the Death Penalty
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down existing death penalty statutes across the nation, ruling that their arbitrary application violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. This decision immediately halted all executions in the United States for four years, requiring states to rewrite their laws with specific guidelines before capital punishment could resume.
June 29, 1972
54 years ago
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What Else Happened on June 29
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Robert Ier devient roi de Francie occidentale (alternance sur ce trône de rois voire empereurs carolingiens et de comtes de Paris voire ducs (d'Île-) de(-)Franc…
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Der Benediktinermönch Bardo wird Erzbischof von Mainz.
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