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Brown v. Dixon

495 U.S. 953 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-05-21 Docket No. 89-7216; No. 89-7218 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 953
No. 89-7216.
No. 89-7218.
Brown v. Dixon, Warden. Thomas v. Jones, Warden, et al.

C. A. 4th Cir.; and C. A. 11th 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 sentences in these cases.

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