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The U.S. Supreme Court has made a lot of bad decisions throughout our nation’s history. Some of its worst decisions are in death penalty cases. Over the coming weeks and months, I’d like to have a conversation with you here on Twitter about some of these #SupremelyBad cases.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s original sin when it comes to the modern death penalty is the #SupremelyBad Gregg v. Georgia decision from 1976. Before we look at Gregg, though, we have to talk about the case that came before it: Furman v. Georgia from 1972.
The Furman decision, which resulted in all death sentences nationwide being thrown out, held that death penalty laws were unconstitutional because the way they were administered was arbitrary, capricious, and discriminatory.
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