Furman voided every existing death-penalty statute but did not abolish capital punishment itself.

Evidence

Furman invalidated all of the nation’s existing death penalty statutes and released 589 prisoners from death row. But it did not outlaw TABLE 6. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2004

Categorization

• XREF: Sets up Gregg by showing Furman’s remedy was statutory invalidation, not prohibition. — connects to: Furman struck down existing death-penalty statutes as arbitrary and unconstitutional. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2006; The Supreme Court’s Furman ruling cleared death rows on constitutional grounds

Broader Connections

• The Supreme Court’s Furman ruling cleared death rows on constitutional grounds #corroborates (0.95)