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13 Nov 2015, 8:41 am by Jon Sands
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) (per curiam), and Gregg v. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 4:40 pm by Eugene Volokh
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972) (per curiam). [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 1:41 am
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 412 (1972) (Blackmun, J., dissenting). [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 5:18 pm by Trez
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), that Georgia’s capital punishment statutes were arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and unusual punishment” clause because juries were given no guidance to determine whether a defendant deserved execution. [read post]
25 Jan 2013, 2:14 pm by Jeff Gamso
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972):Death is truly an awesome punishment. [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 1:58 pm
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972) that the death penalty is unconstitutional, the Court’s later decisions that limit the imposition of the death penalty, such as Roper v. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 6:00 am by Ken Chan
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), and, despite the effort of the States and courts to devise legal formulas and procedural rules to meet this daunting challenge, the death penalty remains fraught with arbitrariness, discrimination, caprice, and mistake. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 9:52 pm
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), Justice Brennan "referred to the practice of 'review[ing] various treatises on military law' when seeking societal trends. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 8:57 am
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), a death penalty case that led to a moratorium on the use of the death penalty. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 6:00 am by Ken Chan
Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), and, despite the effort of the States and courts to devise legal formulas and procedural rules to meet this daunting challenge, the death penalty remains fraught with arbitrariness, discrimination, caprice, and mistake. [read post]