TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herda,D.J.
TI  - Furman v. Georgia: the death penalty case 
T2  - Landmark Supreme Court cases, gold edition
SN  - 9780766034280
AV  - KF 228 .F87 H47 2010
U1  - 345.73/0773 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berkeley Heights, NJ
PB  - Enslow Publishers
KW  - Furman, William Henry
KW  - Capital punishment
KW  - United States
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Georgia
KW  - Trials, litigation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "William Henry Furman was convicted of murder and sentenced to death after accidentally killing a resident of a home he was burglarizing. 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." --
ER  -