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Furman v. Georgia 408 U.S. 238 (1972) was a United States Supreme Court decision that ruled on the requirement for a degree of consistency in the application of the death penalty. The case led to a de facto moratorium on capital punishment throughout the United States which came to an end when Gregg v. Georgia was decided in 1976.The Supreme Court consolidated Jackson v. Georgia and Branch v.