<P> In the following four years , 37 states enacted new death penalty laws aimed at overcoming the court 's concerns about arbitrary imposition of the death penalty . Several statutes that mandated bifurcated trials , with separate guilt - innocence and sentencing phases , and imposing standards to guide the discretion of juries and judges in imposing capital sentences , were upheld in a series of Supreme Court decisions in 1976 , led by Gregg v. Georgia . Other statutes enacted in response to Furman , such as Louisiana 's which mandated imposition of the death penalty upon conviction of a certain crime , were struck down in cases of that same year . </P>
<P> In the following four years , 37 states enacted new death penalty laws aimed at overcoming the court 's concerns about arbitrary imposition of the death penalty . Several statutes that mandated bifurcated trials , with separate guilt - innocence and sentencing phases , and imposing standards to guide the discretion of juries and judges in imposing capital sentences , were upheld in a series of Supreme Court decisions in 1976 , led by Gregg v. Georgia . Other statutes enacted in response to Furman , such as Louisiana 's which mandated imposition of the death penalty upon conviction of a certain crime , were struck down in cases of that same year . </P>
the supreme court 's ruling in furman v. georgia revolved around
the supreme court 's ruling in furman v. georgia revolved around
1976
1976