The Supreme Court Decision on Furman v. Georgia
One of the most important historical events involving capital punishment in the United States is the court case of Furman v. Georgia, which gave jury a guidance for their discretions. If the Supreme Court had not ruled the Georgia's statute unconstitutional, the judgments on the capital murders today might be influenced by jury's bias such as race, gender, or age because the jury would have complete discretion to decide death or life imprisonment upon conviction of murder. There would have been more bias and there could have been more wrong executions on the capital punishment. At least the 629 death row inmates, who had their death sentences removed after the Furman case, would have been executed if the Supreme Court wouldn't have strike down the Georgia statute and then, there wouldn't be no moratorium on the death penalty.
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