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Arango v. Florida

457 U.S. 1140 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1982-06-21 Docket No. 81-6570; No. 81-6598 English

Judges Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall, dissenting.

Delivered by Majority

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No. 81-6570.
No. 81-6598.
Arango v. Florida. Krier v. Georgia.

Sup. Ct. Fla.; and

Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-6570, 411 So. 2d 172 ; No. 81-6598, 249 Ga. 80 , 287 S. E. 2d 531 .

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.

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