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Facts of the case. After his conviction by a Texas trial court for murder and the imposition of the death penalty, Jurek challenged the constitutionality of both his death sentence, alleging it was a "cruel and unusual" punishment, and the state's capital-sentencing procedure, alleging it would result in arbitrary and "freakish" imposition of ...
Oral Arguments. Since the early 1950s the United States Supreme Court has recorded the audio of many of the oral arguments of cases it has heard. The Court has made these oral arguments available to the public and they are located at the Oyez site. Listed below are the links to the oral arguments for many of the major cases listed in this volume.
Facts of the case. Following his Florida conviction for first-degree murder and the imposition of the death penalty, Proffitt challenged the constitutionality of both his death sentence, alleging it was a "cruel and unusual" punishment, and Florida's capital-sentencing procedure, alleging is was arbitrary and capricious insofar as it permitted ...
Summary. Gregg v. Georgia, 428 US 153 (1976) was the Supreme Court case which established that the death penalty, as long as it is applied appropriately, is constitutional and does not violate the 8 th and 14 th amendment. Troy Gregg, after being convicted in the lower Georgia Courts and sentenced to death, appealed his case to the Supreme Court.
The principal opinion was in Gregg v. Georgia , 428 U.S. 153 (1976) (upholding statute providing for a bifurcated proceeding separating the guilt and sentencing phases, requiring the jury to find at least one of ten statutory aggravating factors before imposing death, and providing for review of death sentences by the Georgia Supreme Court).
Georgia (1972), he joined the majority in striking down all death penalty laws that were then in use, only to later uphold the revised death penalty laws implemented by many states in Gregg v. Georgia (1976). He did stand out on a number of occasions. He was the lone dissenter in In re Gault (1967), which extended Miranda rights to minors ...
Facts of the case. Following his conviction for first-degree murder, and subsequent imposition of a death sentence, Roberts challenged the constitutionality of Louisiana's death penalty scheme. This scheme mandated the death penalty's imposition, regardless of any mercy recommendation, whenever the jury found that the defendant demonstrated a ...
