<P> Gregg v. Georgia , Proffitt v. Florida , Jurek v. Texas , Woodson v. North Carolina , and Roberts v. Louisiana , 428 U.S. 153 ( 1976 ) , reaffirmed the United States Supreme Court 's acceptance of the use of the death penalty in the United States , upholding , in particular , the death sentence imposed on Troy Leon Gregg . Referred to by a leading scholar as the July 2 Cases and elsewhere referred to by the lead case Gregg , the Supreme Court set forth the two main features that capital sentencing procedures must employ in order to comply with the Eighth Amendment ban on `` cruel and unusual punishments '' . The decision essentially ended the de facto moratorium on the death penalty imposed by the Court in its 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia 408 U.S. 238 ( 1972 ) . </P>
<P> Gregg v. Georgia , Proffitt v. Florida , Jurek v. Texas , Woodson v. North Carolina , and Roberts v. Louisiana , 428 U.S. 153 ( 1976 ) , reaffirmed the United States Supreme Court 's acceptance of the use of the death penalty in the United States , upholding , in particular , the death sentence imposed on Troy Leon Gregg . Referred to by a leading scholar as the July 2 Cases and elsewhere referred to by the lead case Gregg , the Supreme Court set forth the two main features that capital sentencing procedures must employ in order to comply with the Eighth Amendment ban on `` cruel and unusual punishments '' . The decision essentially ended the de facto moratorium on the death penalty imposed by the Court in its 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia 408 U.S. 238 ( 1972 ) . </P>
n which case did the u.s. supreme court effectively ban the use of the death penalty
n which case did the u.s. supreme court effectively ban the use of the death penalty
Furman v. Georgia 408 U.S. 238
Furman v. Georgia 408 U.S. 238