p. 1093No. 81-5408. No. 81-5523. McCleskey v. Zant, Superintendent, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center. Ruiz et al. v. Arkansas.
Super. Ct. Ga., Butts County; and
Sup. Ct. Ark. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5523, 273 Ark. 94 , 617 S. W. 2d 6 .
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.
Cases cited
- Gregg v. Georgia 428 U. S. 153 at 231 p. 1093