Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty - June 29, 1972
Today in History, the Supreme Court rules that capital punishment, is unconstitutional in the way it was carried out on the state and federal level. At the same time, the Supreme Court suggested new legislation that could make death sentences constitutional again. In 1976, the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty under a 'model of guided discretion'.
Source: History.com- Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty
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