The Death Penalty as Punishment for the Crime of Murder Does Not Violate the Eighth Amendment
Date
1976
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Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
Explores the Supreme Court case, Gregg v. Georgia. In Gregg, the Supreme Court upheld that the death penalty per se does not violate the eighth or fourteenth amendment. The Court also held that the Georgia statutory scheme for the imposition of the death penalty is not unconstitutional. Examines in-depth the Court’s reasoning behind their decision and explores the issues that are left unresolved.
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Death penalty, Eighth amendment, Fourteenth amendment, Standards of decency, Cruel and unusual, Gregg v. Georgia, Case note
Citation
8 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 515