The case of Furman v. Georgia (1972) resulted in a reinterpretation of the meaning of

In Furman v. Georgia (1972), the Supreme Court ruled that the way the death penalty was being applied was arbitrary and could violate the Eighth Amendment. The Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, so the case reshaped how that phrase applied to capital punishment. The correct choice is cruel and unusual punishment.

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