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I don't understand the second sentence of the article:
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)
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?
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
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)
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)
Um, "cannoned"? What sort of weapon was Furman packing, exactly??? 70.20.149.174 ( talk) 01:43, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Nevermind, it was vandalism. 70.20.149.174 ( talk) 01:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Can you be more expecific about this case —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.130.217.175 ( talk) 02:31, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
The section "question of law" has been directly copied from oyez.com ( http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_69_5003). The text on both pages is identical. 75.86.188.134 ( talk) 20:02, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
According to a Washington Post Magazine feature from 1995, Justice White favored the death penalty. His main reason for concurring was that he believed actual death sentences were carried out too infrequently to be of much value as punishment. BubbleDine ( talk) 20:55, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
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The last line of a blockquote from Potter Stewart's opinion reads: I simply conclude that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments cannot tolerate the infliction of a sentence of death under legal systems that this unique penalty to be so wantonly and so freakishly imposed. There are some missing or garbled words here. — ℜob C. alias ALAROB 16:06, 26 April 2024 (UTC)