Supreme Court Case: Gregg V. Georgia

Words: 715

Pages: 3

Open Document

The Supreme Court is an essential aspect of the United States government. The United States, Supreme Court has also played a major role in American society. There have been many Supreme Court cases that had an effect on American society. One case that had an effect on the American people was Gregg v. Georgia (1976). In the Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia, Gregg was charged with armed robbery and he was also found guilty of murder and was sentenced to death. Gregg said that his death sentence was cruel and unusual and was a violation of his 8th and 14th amendment right. The court decided that the death penalty did not violate the 8th and 14th amendment and was constitutional. The bifurcated trial process is a trial divided into two stages, one stage is when they decide if the offender is guilty and the other stage is if the offender is found guilty whether or not they should execute him. The bifurcated trial process for Gregg’s case was that states needed to have bifurcated hearings. During this bifurcated trial process, the jury also had to find aggravating and mitigating factors to decide if the convicted murderer should be executed. In the bifurcated trial process, Gregg was found guilty of armed robbery and murder. At the …show more content…
Georgia and Roper v. Simmons. I agree with the court's decision on Gregg's decision because Gregg’s case had a bifurcated trial process and in both stages he was found guilty of murder and armed robbery. I believe he had a fair case and got what he deserved which was a death sentence. I also agree with the case Roper v. Simmons because I believe if any person that commits any crime or murder under the age of 18 should not get executed. The reason I believe this, is because a person who is 18 years old is really young and executing them would not be the right decision. Instead put them in prison where they can change and learn and be a better

Gregg V. Georgia Case Study

In 1976 a man named Troy Gregg was charged with robbing and murdering two men. At his trial, the jury found Gregg guilty of two counts of armed robbery and two counts of murder. The judge told the jury that it could decide on either the death sentence or life in prison on each count. In Furman v Georgia in 1972, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty systems then in place were unconstitutional violations of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “cruel and unusual” punishments. Four years…

Words 153 - Pages 1

Furman V. Georgia

4. (20 points). Describe the facts, rulings and reasoning of the Supreme Court decisions in Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia respecting whether or not the imposition of the death penalty is a “cruel and unusual punishment” in violation of the Eighth Amendment Furman V Georgia, was a Supreme Court decision that had to do with the requirement for a degree of consistency in the application of the death penalty. In this case a man woke up in the middle of the night to find a burglar named William…

Words 1504 - Pages 7

death penalty Essay

the U.S. Constitution in the sense that it is “cruel and unusual punishment”. In 1967 the U.S. Supreme court made a ruling that the use of capital punishment was not in accordance with the Constitution and as a result was not implemented in the U.S. for almost a decade afterwards. In 1972 the Supreme Court set standards for the death penalty as a result of the 1972 Furman v. Georgia case. The Supreme Court ruled that punishment would be “cruel and unusual” if it was too severe for the crime, if it…

Words 1091 - Pages 5

Death Penalty Essay

Death Penalty Emmanuel Vargas CJBS 101 Professor Malkov April 08, 2013 Death Penalty Death Penalty is the penalty of death for the commission of a crime. The first case that was recognized in the United States was the case of Captain George Kendall in Jamestown, Virginia in 1608; he was executed for being a spy for Spain. The United States started to use killing methods such as: electric chair, firing squad, hanging, stoning, decapitation, gas chamber but the most common was the…

Words 1298 - Pages 6

Cruel And Unusual Punishment

individuals. Even though, our country and other countries have the death penalty and capital punishment which occurs when someone who has been charged with a first-degree murder or something else related to a murder. Since nineteen seventy-six the Court has ruled that the death penalty does not inherently violate the Eighth Amendment. Therefore, I will be talking to you about the history of Cruel and Unusual Punishment, four primary dimensions, and inmate interest story. The histories of Cruel and…

Words 813 - Pages 4

Pros And Cons Of The Death Penalty

satisfaction in cases where the perpetrators received life sentences, rather than judicial murder. Lula…

Words 664 - Pages 3

Poly Sci Exam 2 Essays

introduced into trial if it was not constitutionally obtained. In 70s & 80s supreme court became more conservative & many exemptions were made to the exclusionary rule. 2nd amend & private militias- Right to bear arms DOES NOTt include private militias Roe vs Wade & right to privacy- (Privacy)- no explicit constitutional right to privacy, but rather the right to privacy is interpretation by supreme court. (Roe vs Wade)- court held that gov't could not totally prohibit abortions because it violates…

Words 1483 - Pages 6

Racial Bias In The Criminal Justice System

enough for the offender? When looking at notorious death penalty cases such as Ted Bundy, Timothy McVeigh, and more recently Nicolas Cruz, it can be difficult to understand the complexity of the sentencing process that will decide whether an offender lives or dies. The history surrounding the death penalty is lengthy, but its true rise to fame occurred in 1972 with the Furman v. Georgia Supreme Court case. Through the Supreme Court, it was found that the execution of prisoners who committed a capital…

Words 1803 - Pages 8

Essay on Capital Punishment

the basis of violating the eighth amendment. An analysis of the eighth amendment will be used as part of the discussion to see how it has been used to influence those who are for and against the death penalty and how it has been interpreted by the courts. The eighth amendment of the U.S. Constitution contains three stipulations that are supposed to protect individuals from excessive bail and fines being imposed and most significantly the prevention of cruel and unusual punishments. This was established…

Words 1491 - Pages 6

The Death Penalty In The Criminal Justice System

his conviction was based largely on Carter's testimony. Carter testified in court that Graves was his partner in committing the crime. In 2000 Carter confessed two weeks before he was executed that…

Words 1228 - Pages 5