Ruling in Gregg v. Georgia, on July 2, 1976, the majority opinion declared that “the punishment of death does not invariably violate the Constitution.”
The question presented was:
“[W]hether the imposition of the sentence of death for the crime of murder under the law of Georgia violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.”
The opinion
Read the full rulingPDF · 2.56 MBPublished by the Library of Congress.
Oral argument
Listen at OyezOffsiteThe Court's own audio archive begins with the 2010 term, so this argument is held by Oyez rather than by supremecourt.gov.
