Identify the U.S. Supreme Court case and explain the reasoning behind their decision to abolish the death penalty in the United States.
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Furman v. Georgia (1972) determined that the death penalty had been administered in an arbitrary and capricious manner. The Court ruled that the wide discretion given to juries who were largely unguided in the application of the death penalty was a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. It is important to note that the Supreme Court ruled not that the use of the death penalty, in and of itself, was unconstitutional but rather that the death penalty had been applied in an unconstitutional manner. The process, not the sanction, was the issue of concern. After the Furman decision, states began rewriting their death penalty statutes. Gregg v. Georgia (1976) reestablished the death penalty yet placed limits on its use.
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a. provided free health care to all detainees younger than the age of 21 years old b. simplified the process for detainees to receive authorized health care treatments and thereby improved accessibility of care c. simplified the process for detainees to receive authorized health care treatments and thereby improved accessibility of care d. installed regional managed care coordinators throughout the United States to provide expeditious and ongoing case management for complex medical cases across the country
____ 10a. either/or orientation
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