Rights and Liberties (8th Amendment Cases)

Question 1

Wilkerson v. Utah (1879)

Answer 1

Supreme Court decision upholding the use of a firing squad for execution, establishing that certain methods of capital punishment are not inherently cruel and unusual

Question 2

Trop v. Dulles (1958)

Answer 2

Ruled that the revocation of citizenship as a punishment for a crime is unconstitutional and violates the Eighth Amendment.

Question 3

Furman v. Georgia (1972)

Answer 3

Supreme Court decision declaring that the death penalty as applied was arbitrary and capricious, leading to a temporary moratorium on capital punishment in the United States.

Question 4

Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

Answer 4

Supreme Court decision that upheld new death penalty laws, establishing guidelines to ensure the fairness and consistency of capital punishment.