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Perry v. Lockhart

493 U.S. 959 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1989-11-06 Docket No. 89-5634 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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No. 89-5634.
Perry v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction.

C. A. 8th Cir. 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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