Complex sentence: There were no executions in the entire country between 1967 and 1977; in 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down capital punishment statutes in "Furman v. Georgia", reducing all death sentences pending at the time to life imprisonment.
Split into simpler sentences: There were no executions in the entire country between 1967 and 1977. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down capital punishment statutes in "Furman v. Georgia", reducing all death sentences pending at the time to life imprisonment.