Furman v. Georgia

By D. J. Herda

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Trials, litigation, Georgia, juvenile literature, Capital punishment, Georgia, Law, juvenile literature

Description: "William Henry Furman was convicted of murder and sentenced to death after accidentally killing a resident of a home he was buglarizing. The constitutionality of the death penalty was challenged. This book examines the issues leading up to the case, the people involved in the case, and the present-day effects of the Court's decision"--Provided by publisher.