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Gaskins v. Evatt

501 U.S. 1271 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1991-09-05 Docket No. 91-5685 (A-174) English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Marshall J.

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p. 1271
September 5, 1991
No. 91-5685 (A-174).
Gaskins v. Evatt, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.

Sup. Ct. S. C. Application for stay of execution of sentence of death, presented to The Chief Justice, 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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