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Gaines v. Illinois

456 U.S. 1001 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-05-24 Docket No. 81-6323 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 81-6323.
Gaines v. Illinois.

Sup. Ct. Ill. 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 sentence in this case.

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