Analysis Of The Gregg V. Georgia Case

In this research paper, I will be talking about the moratorium of the death penalty, also known as, the capital punishment for criminals who have committed a serious crime. Following the discussion of Gregg v. Georgia Case, that happened in 1976, Furman v. Georgia, and how they each contributed to the moratorium of the death penalty. Later, comparing and contrasting about some aggravated assaults and mitigating assaults and how they differ from each other. Also about the direct causes of the moratorium of the death penalty. Then explain the indirect effects of the moratorium and the procedure of capital punishment and the policy of the death penalty. Finally including some data about the excruciating executions and the moratorium the death

He was sentenced by the court to capital punishment, the legal process that allows state governments to execute prisoners who committed a serious crime. At the trial, the judge found guilty of the two murders and two counts of armed robbery. Gregg challenged the court’s decision because it violated his 8th and 14th amendments and was “cruel and unusual punishment”. On January 17, 1971, Furman was sentenced to the death penalty because of an accidental murder. Furman broke-in to a house while robbing the house, the owner woke up and Furman started to run out of the house when all of a sudden his weapon dropped and discharged and killed the homeowner. Furman challenged his sentenced because it violated his 14th amendments rights. The Supreme Court revoked Furman’s capital punishment on June 19th of 1971. An offender must be eighteen years old or older for the court to be able to sentence him to the death penalty. If an offender has mental issues, he or she can’t be executed. Then the judge will give a day for the execution. The family members may attend to the execution as well as the victim’s family if they choose to. The offender will be executed in the form the court agreed. Since 1976, executions haven’t passed 98 per year with eighty deaths sentences pronounced in 2013 and 3,088 are awaiting

Which resulted in the states changing their death penalty to function with the court ruling. Also, it made the prisons have more economic problems and overpopulated.
The death penalty was itself not unconstitutional, but the way it was administered constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Mistakes were made , and the people(courts) tried to avoid more wrong executions. So they decided to stop with the executions until they had a better and more effective system.
Circumstances
If a person commits an aggravated crime, he or she can be sentenced to capital punishment. When someone commits an aggravated crime it means the offender used a deadly weapon while committing the crime or someone was severly injured. For example, if the criminal, due to finding evidence, does the crime with malicious intentions he will get more years in prison.

When someone commits a mitigating crime, it means he or she did something minor that can’t be punished by the death penalty. The court will decide what sanction will be given to the offender.