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Willoughby v. Kentucky

484 U.S. 982 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1987-12-07 Docket No. 87-5628; No. 87-5692 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 982
No. 87-5628.
Willoughby v. Kentucky. Owens v. South Carolina.
No. 87-5692.

Sup. Ct. Ky.; and

Sup. Ct. S. C. 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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