Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
state and federal court cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Gregg v. Georgia
Definition
- In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Gregg v. Georgia reestablished the death penalty as constitutional in certain circumstances. The ruling came after a 4-year moratorium resulting from the Court's 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia, which had found the death penalty to be unconstitutional as it was then applied. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Gregg v. Georgia]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1976
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Gregg_v._Georgia
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