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Results for Lap Ten -10K(nowledge) Race

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | November 23, 2009 - 09:57

The winner of the tenth and final lap of the Research 10K(nowledge) Race is Julie Hack. The winner of the grand prize for the Research 10K(nowledge) Race will be announced shortly.

The case which is incorrectly cited in the Sanborn sculpture in the library rotunda is Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972). The sculpture cites the case as Thurman v. Georgia.

The issue in Furman was whether the death penalty in the three cases before the court constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The U.S. Supreme Court held that the death penalty in these three cases constituted cruel and unusual punishment because it was being imposed in an arbitrary manner. The Court's decision forced states and the national legislatures to rethink their statutes for capital offenses to assure that the death penalty would not be administered in a capricious or discriminatory manner. The oral arguments for this case can be heard at Oyez.org.


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