What were the five landmark cases decided by the US Supreme Court in 1976?
Q: What were the five landmark cases decided by the US Supreme Court in 1976?
A: The five landmark cases decided by the US Supreme Court in 1976 were Gregg v. Georgia, Proffitt v. Florida, Jurek v. Texas, Woodson v. North Carolina, and Roberts v. Louisiana, 428 U.S. 153 (1976).
Q: What did these cases have to do with?
A: These cases had to do with capital punishment in the United States - specifically whether or not states could use capital punishment (the death penalty), but only if they followed certain rules set out by the court so as not to violate the Constitution of the United States by giving out a cruel and unusual punishment.
Q: When did all of the states stop using the death penalty?
A: All of the states stopped using the death penalty after a 1972 decision from the court that ruled that Georgia's use of it was unconstitutional at that time.
Q: How long was there no executions in the United States for?
A: There were no executions in the United States between 1972 and 1976 due to all of states stopping their use of capital punishment while they changed their laws regarding it accordingly.
Q: What made it clear to states that they could start using capital punishment again?
A: It was made clear to states that they could start using capital punishment again when Gregg v. Georgia ruled that Georgia's new death penalty law was constitutional, and gave them permission to execute Troy Leon Gregg - thus ending any temporary stops on executions in place at this time across America..
Q: Who was Troy Leon Gregg?
A: Troy Leon Gregg was an individual who had been sentenced to death under Georgia's new law which had been deemed constitutional by Gregg v. Georgia - thus allowing for executions once more across America following a period where none took place due to state laws being changed accordingly since 1972..
