GLENN
v.
OHIO; CORRELL V. VIRGINIA; PRUETT V. VIRGINIA; LUCAS V. AIKEN, WARDEN, ET AL.; HICKS V. GEORGIA; GRUBBS V. MISSOURI

U.S. | 1987-06-15
Nos. 86-6685; No. 86-6727; No. 86-6732; No. 86-6768; No. 86-6827; No. 86-6903
482 U.S. 931 Supreme Court of the United States (1987) Positive Treatment
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Dissent
Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views 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, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.


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    …urned to the trailer in order to set it afire and destroy the evidence. Late that evening, the fire department was summoned to put out the fire and Thornton’s body was discovered. State v. Grubbs, 724 S.W. 2d 494, 496 (Mo.) (en banc), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 931, 107 S.Ct. 3220, 96 L.Ed.2d 707 (1987), and this bare conclusion that “[t]he evidence previously recited demonstrates that a reasonable juror could find these aggravating circumstances to be present.” Id. at 500. Justice Blackmar’s concurrence, mor…
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