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In 1972, three cases, Branch v. Georgia, Furman v. Georgia and Jackson v. Georgia were all brought before the Supreme Court. A decision was issued collectively under Furman v. Georgia that ruled that current death penalty statutes were unconstitutional under the eighth amendment.

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