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Rust v. Nebraska

434 U.S. 912 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1977-10-17 Docket No. 77-5257 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 912
No. 77-5257.
Rust v. Nebraska; and Holtan v. Nebraska.

Sup. Ct. Neb. Certiorari denied.

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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