WATERS
v.
KEMP, WARDEN

U.S. | 1986-02-24
No. 85-6010
Justice Marshall and Justice Blackmun would grant the petition for writ of certiorari, vacate the judgment, and remand the case for farther consideration in light of Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U. S. 320 (1985).
475 U.S. 1039 Supreme Court of the United States (1986) Positive Treatment
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Dissent
Justice Brennan,

Justice Brennan,

dissenting.

Adhering to my view that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentence in this case.

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