There were no executions in the entire country between 1967 and 1977; in 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down capital punishment statutes in "Furman v. Georgia", reducing all death sentences pending at the time to life imprisonment.
There were no executions in the entire country between 1967 and 1977. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down capital punishment statutes in "Furman v. Georgia". This was in 1972. The U.S. Supreme Court was reducing all death sentences pending at the time to life imprisonment. This was in 1972.