Question

Which Supreme Court case ended the moratorium on the death penalty?

Option 1: Furman v. Georgia
Option 2: Gregg v. Georgia
Option 3: Atkins v. Virginia
Option 4: Roper v. Simmons

Answer 1

Gregg v. Georgia (1976) ended the moratorium on the death penalty.

Option 2.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Supreme Court case that ended the moratorium on the death penalty was Gregg v. Georgia (1976).

In this case, the Supreme Court evaluated new death penalty statutes passed by the states and concluded that Georgia's new death penalty statute was constitutional.

The Court ruled that the statute adequately narrowed the class of defendants eligible for the death penalty, thereby ending the moratorium on executions that had been in place since the Court's previous decision in Furman v. Georgia (1972).