In 1967, William Furman—a poor Black man from Georgia—found himself at the center of a Supreme Court case that would transform America’s death penalty system forever. His case, Furman v. Georgia, forced the courts to confront the racial bias, unfairness, and cruelty of capital punishment, overturning hundreds of death sentences and changing how the death penalty is handled across the country.
But behind the landmark decision was a man who never intended to be a symbol—just someone trying to stay alive.
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