Whisenhant v. Alabama, 496 U.S. 943

496 U.S. 943
110 L. Ed. 2d 676
US-DOC-22902814
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Whisenhant v. Alabama, 496 U.S. 943
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Whisenhant v. Alabama.
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Disposition
Certiorari Denied
Dissent
Brennan (Justice) with Marshall (Justice)
[p. 943]
No. 89-7314.
Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari denied.
Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall, 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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