In 1976, with Gregg v. Georgia, the new law was upheld, meaning that they could go ahead and implement death sentences handed down under new laws. The exception to this is in places like Ohio, where it's new law written after 1972 was again struck down in 1979. They then took their time to write their current law, which passed in 1981. But that's Ohio. Well, sort of.
Talk is cheap.
It's the way we organize and use our lives every day that tells what we believe in.