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Fairchild v. Lockhart

497 U.S. 1052 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1990-09-06 Docket No. 90-5610 (A-175) English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1052
September 6, 1990
No. 90-5610 (A-175).
Fairchild v. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction.

C. A. 8th Cir. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to Justice Blackmun, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

dissenting.

Adhering to my view 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 , 231 (1976), I would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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