In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the Supreme Court ruled in William Furman’s favor, saying that Georgia had

The Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty, as applied under Georgia’s system, was unconstitutional because it was imposed in an arbitrary and inconsistent way. The standards did not adequately guide which defendants would receive death sentences, making them unclear in practice. Therefore, the correct choice is “established unclear standards for applying the death penalty.”

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