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title: "In its 1972 Furman v. Georgia ruling, why did the Supreme Court strike down all state laws allowing the death penalty?"  
description: "In its 1972 Furman v. Georgia ruling, why did the Supreme Court strike down all state laws allowing the death penalty?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-05-22  
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category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
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# In its 1972 Furman v. Georgia ruling, why did the Supreme Court strike down all state laws allowing the death penalty?

In its 1972 Furman v. Georgia ruling, why did the [Supreme Court](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41851/how-did-the-supreme-court-rule-regarding-the-espionage-act) strike down all state laws allowing the [death](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/302076/use-machine-learning-for-the-prediction-of-death) penalty?


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