Furman+v+Georgia

1.FURMAN v. GEORGIA, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) Argued January 17, 1972 Decided June 29, 1972

2. William Henry Furman was involved because he was convicted of burglary and murder because, while exiting the house he stole from, he "accidentally" fired the gun OR shot it blindly behind him, killing the vitim of the burglary. He receieved the death sentence for this. The state of Georgia is involved because the current law stated that Furman deserved the death sentence because the murder had been committed at the same time as the felony.

3. The basic issue was the arbitrary assigning of the death sentence to crimes. (Men convicted of murder and rape also received the death penalty.)

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5. Georgia's death penalty was unconstitutional.