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Pickens v. Tucker

511 U.S. 1079 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1994-05-11 Docket No. 93-9063 (A-931) English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Blackmun J.

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p. 1079
May 11, 1994
No. 93-9063 (A-931).
Pickens v. Tucker, Governor of Arkansas, et al.

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. Justice Stevens and Justice Ginsburg would grant the application for stay of execution.

dissenting.

Adhering to my view that the death penalty cannot be imposed fairly within the constraints of our Constitution, see my dissent in Callins v. Collins, 510 U. S. 1141 , 1143 (1994), I would grant the application for stay of execution and the petition for certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

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