MORAN
v.
PENNSYLVANIA; ESPINOSA V. FLORIDA; GEORGE V. MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
MORAN
PENNSYLVANIA; ESPINOSA V. FLORIDA; GEORGE V. MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
511 U.S. 1152
Supreme Court of the United States (1994)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 1 case
Dissent
Justice Blackmun,
dissenting.
Adhering to my view that the death penalty cannot be imposed fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, see my dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 U. S. 1141, 1143 (1994), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.
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Authorities Cited
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- Baltimore Teachers Union, Am. Fed'n of Teachers Local 340, AFL-CIO v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 510 U.S. 1141 (U.S. 1994)