Talk:Furman v. Georgia

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I don't understand the second sentence of the article:

Jackson v. Georgia and Branch v. Texas, pulling of brief sentences for rape, had the same result applied to them as part of a combined decision and ruling.

Is "pulling of" supposed to be "pulling off"? The sentence still doesn't make any sense; it's missing any sort of context or explanation of how these cases relate to Furman v. Georgia. --Trovatore 15:48, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Furman wasn't, stricly speaking, overruled. In fact, Gregg and the companion cases have to justify themselves by explaining how the respective death penalty schemes either are or are not arbitrary and capricious so as to fall either inside or outside Furman. Maybe we should delete the red section of the infobox?

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im doing this case in a social studies class it sucks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.224.53.169 (talk • contribs) 5 April 2007 (UTC)

List of those spared execution

I would like to see the article expanded to include a list of those spared execution by Furman. Off the top of my head I know Posteal Lasky ("The Cincinnati Strangler"), Sirhan Sirhan, and Charles Manson were had their death sentences commuted due to this ruling.

I don't have the time or the desire to research it, but I'm tossing out the idea for someone who might. SonPraises (talk) (contributions) 00:53, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it's not true for Sirhan or Manson. They were both sentenced to death by the state of California. The California Supreme Court threw out California's death penalty some months prior to Furman. I don't remember the case name. If it can be found, the California case might be an interesting sidelight in this article. --Trovatore 01:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I found the case you were referring to: California v. Anderson. Even without Sirhan Sirhan or Manson, there has to be a list of notable convicts whose death sentences were commuted by Furman other than the Cincinnati Strangler. SonPraises (talk) (contributions) 06:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this case important to the death penalty discussion

I've heard this case mentioned several times as a landmark case. What exactly makes it so special as to even cause death penalty cases before and after Furman v. Georgia to be considered differently? I'd like to see a section on this. LinuxMercedes 00:32, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]