Furman Vs Texas

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Prior to 1972, there was no precedent for determining what punishment could be considered cruel and unusual. The use of capital punishment was at an all time high and there were many different ways a person could be sentenced to execution. These techniques included, but were not limited to hanging, electrocution, firing squad, lethal injection, as well as the use of lethal gas. In 1972 three landmark supreme court cases, Furman v. Georgia, Jackson v. Georgia, and Branch v. Texas, changed the way America used the death penalty.

In Furman v. Georgia, Jackson v. Georgia, and Branch v. Texas, the supreme court ruled that the use of capital punishment in these cases was unconstitutional because it allowed the jury to decide whether the accused

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