TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roensch,Greg
TI  - Furman v. Georgia: cruel and unusual punishment 
SN  - 0791093824
AV  - KF228.F87 R64 2007
U1  - 345.73/0773 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Chelsea House
KW  - Furman, William Henry.
KW  - Capital punishment
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106) and index; A brief history of the death penalty -- Background of the Furman case -- Furman goes to the Supreme Court -- The historic opinion -- After the decision -- The death penalty today; 8.7; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Provides an account of the Supreme Court case of Furman v Georgia in which the Court overturned the imposition of the death penalty for convicted murderer William Henry Furman after hearing arguments that the death sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment and was in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth amendments
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006023240.html
ER  -