Fifty Years After Furman: The Death Penalty in America

On March 22, Carol Steiker '86, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, moderated a discussion about the history and present state of capital punishment in America, with scholars Mugambi Jouet (USC Law), Corinna Lain (Richmond Law), and Michael Meltsner (Northeastern Law).

Furman v. Georgia was a 1972 landmark Supreme Court decision that declared the death penalty unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. The ruling effectively nullified all existing death sentences and halted all executions for a four-year period.

The event was sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library, in connection with its exhibit "Visualizing Capital Punishment: Spectacle, Shame, and Sympathy."

Learn more about the exhibit: https://exhibits.law.harvard.edu/visualizing-capital-punishment-online-exhibit

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