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*In 1972, in ''Furman v. Georgia'', the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the death penalty nationwide until states installed more difficult-to-satisfy requirements before someone is executed.  For years no criminals could be executed, due to this ruling.  But eventually state laws, with stricter rules, began to impose the death penalty again for the worst crimes.

*In 1972, in ''Furman v. Georgia'', the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the death penalty nationwide until states installed more difficult-to-satisfy requirements before someone is executed.  For years no criminals could be executed, due to this ruling.  But eventually state laws, with stricter rules, began to impose the death penalty again for the worst crimes.

*In 1972, President Nixon formed a reelection committee entitled "Committee to Reelect the President", derisively called "CREEP" by his opponents.  The security officer of this committee was later convicted of buglarizing the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate building in D.C.  Nixon covered up the investigation, leading to his resignation in 1974 (once the Supreme Court ordered him to turn over secret tape recordings) to avoid impeachment.

*In 1972, President Nixon formed a reelection committee entitled "Committee to Reelect the President", derisively called "CREEP" by his opponents.  The security officer of this committee was later convicted of buglarizing the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate building in D.C.  Nixon covered up the investigation, leading to his resignation in 1974 after the Supreme Court ordered him to turn over secret tape recordings, to avoid impeachment.

*In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned due to corruption charges arising from when he was previously Governor of Maryland, and Agnew was replaced by congressman Gerald Ford, who became president in 1974 when Nixon resigned.  When Ford became president, he later pardoned Nixon of all crimes, and this made people angry especially since Nixon's aides went to jail.

*In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned due to corruption charges arising from when he was previously Governor of Maryland, and Agnew was replaced by congressman Gerald Ford, who became president in 1974 when Nixon resigned.  When Ford became president, he later pardoned Nixon of all crimes, and this made people angry especially since Nixon's aides went to jail.