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David Oshinsky

Historic United States Supreme Court Building Statue

Contemplating Justice

May 10, 2010 by Eileen Flynn Leave a Comment

Pulitzer Prize-winning History Professor David Oshinsky looks at the Supreme Court case that reshaped the death penalty in America In 1972, the United States Supreme Court delivered the longest and one of the most bitterly divided rulings in history. In a 5-4 decision in Furman v. Georgia, the justices ruled that the death penalty violated […]

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