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Thomas v. Georgia

436 U.S. 914 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1978-05-15 Docket No. 77-6378; No. 77-6424 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 914
No. 77-6378.
No. 77-6424.
Thomas v. Georgia; and Corn v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Ga. 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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