Jackson v. Georgia
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Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jackson v. Georgia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T417935 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jackson v. Georgia Context triple: [Furman v. Georgia, relatedCase, Jackson v. Georgia]
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A.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia was an 1832 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that states had no authority to impose laws on Native American tribal lands, affirming tribal sovereignty in the face of federal Indian Removal policies.
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
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D.
Paul v. Virginia
Paul v. Virginia is an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held corporations are not “citizens” under the Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause, allowing states to regulate foreign insurance companies.
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E.
Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jackson v. Georgia Target entity description: Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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A.
Gregg v. Georgia
Gregg v. Georgia is a landmark 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reinstated the death penalty under revised statutes, holding that capital punishment is constitutional under certain guided-discretion procedures.
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B.
Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia was an 1832 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that states had no authority to impose laws on Native American tribal lands, affirming tribal sovereignty in the face of federal Indian Removal policies.
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C.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
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D.
Paul v. Virginia
Paul v. Virginia is an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held corporations are not “citizens” under the Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause, allowing states to regulate foreign insurance companies.
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E.
Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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capital punishment case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ |
| appliedAmendment |
Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments
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Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ
linked to:
Due Process Clause
Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
linked to:
Equal Protection Clause
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| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ |
| citationStatus | good law on the specific holding that the death penalty scheme at issue was unconstitutional at the time ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to:
Fourteenth Amendment
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionType | per curiam ⓘ |
| effect | contributed to temporary nationwide halt of executions following Furman v. Georgia ⓘ |
| holding | The imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in the case violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments as applied ⓘ |
| impact |
limited the circumstances under which states could constitutionally impose the death penalty
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reinforced Furman v. Georgia’s condemnation of arbitrary death penalty schemes ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
arbitrary and capricious imposition of the death penalty
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constitutionality of the death penalty as applied ⓘ cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Eighth Amendment
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Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ capital punishment ⓘ death penalty ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| partOf | line of Supreme Court cases restricting capital punishment prior to Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ |
| partyType | individual versus state ⓘ |
| petitionerRole | criminal defendant challenging death sentence ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | review of a state court judgment imposing the death penalty ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Branch v. Texas
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Furman v. Georgia ⓘ Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ Moore v. Illinois ⓘ |
| remedy | death sentence set aside ⓘ |
| stateParty | Georgia ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
casebooks on constitutional criminal procedure
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law review articles on the Eighth Amendment ⓘ legal scholarship on capital punishment ⓘ |
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Subject: Jackson v. Georgia Description of subject: Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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