Furman v. Georgia, decided in 1972, was a landmark Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty in the United States. It concluded that the death penalty, as applied at the time, was arbitrary and discriminatory, leading to a de facto moratorium on capital punishment until revised laws were enacted.
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