CAIN
v.
SOUTH CAROLINA; WEST V. TENNESSEE; EVANS V. THOMPSON, SUPERINTENDENT, MECKLENBURG CORRECTIONAL CENTER; MURTISHAW V. CALIFORNIA; RANSOM V. TEXAS; MOORE V. ZANT, SUPERINTENDENT, GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION CENTER; HOPKINSON V. SHILLINGER, WARDEN, ET AL.; BAREFIELD V. TEXAS; CALLINS V. TEXAS; PICKENS V. ARKANSAS; BARNES V. THOMPSON, WARDEN; BARROW V. ILLINOIS; HUFFMAN V. INDIANA

U.S. | 1990-06-25
Nos. 88-7318; No. 88-7432; No. 89-516; No. 89-6062; No. 89-6091; No. 89-6324; No. 89-6509; No. 89-7007; No. 89-7307; No. 89-7308; No. 89-7322; No. 89-7380; No. 89-7442
497 U.S. 1010 Supreme Court of the United States (1990) 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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