Name and explain the three procedural reforms approved by the Supreme Court in Gregg v. Georgia for death penalty cases.
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The three procedural reforms were bifurcated trials, guidelines for judges and juries, and automatic appellate review. A bifurcated trial is a two-stage trial-unlike the one-stage trial in other felony cases-consisting of a guilt phase and a separate penalty phase. Judges and juries are provided with guidelines that presumably restrict, but do not eliminate, their sentencing discretion. Specifically, judges and juries, in most states, are provided with lists of aggravating and, at least in some states, mitigating factors. An automatic appellate review is generally conducted by a state's highest appellate court. If either the conviction or the sentence is overturned, the case is sent back to the trial court for additional proceedings or for retrial. It is possible that the death sentence may be reimposed as a result of this process.
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