Supreme Court of the United States, 1990

Jones v. South Carolina

Jones v. South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 26, 1990 · Brennan, Marshall
494 U.S. 1060 (United States Reports)

Jones v. South Carolina

Dissenting Opinion

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.

Opinion of the Court

Certiorari denied.

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