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Supreme Court of the United States, 1978

Bowden v. Georgia

Bowden v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 20, 1978 · Brennan, Marshall
435 U.S. 937; 98 S. Ct. 1513 (United States Reports)

Bowden v. Georgia

Dissenting Opinion

Mr. Justice Brennan and Mr. Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishmént 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.

Opinion of the Court

Sup.. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

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