MAYS
v.
TEXAS; GRIFFIN V. LYNAUGH, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; MACIAS V. TEXAS; WILSON V. BUTLER, WARDEN; DRAYTON V. SOUTH CAROLINA; SHURN V. ILLINOIS; STUMPF V. OHIO; DIAZ V. FLORIDA; FORD V. ALABAMA; JENNINGS V. FLORIDA

U.S. | 1988-02-22
Nos. 87-5575; No. 87-5717; No. 87-5799; No. 87-5873; No. 87-5989; No. 87-6014; No. 87-6019; No. 87-6044; No. 87-6132; No. 87-6172
484 U.S. 1079 Supreme Court of the United States (1988) Caution
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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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