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Ferguson v. Texas

442 U.S. 934 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1979-06-11 Docket No. 78-6375; No. 78-6462; No. 78-6561 English

Decision Majority · Dissent — Brennan J.

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p. 934
No. 78-6375.
No. 78-6462.
No. 78-6561.
Ferguson v. Texas. Redd v. Georgia. Young v. Zant, Warden.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex.; Sup. Ct. Ga.; and Sup. Ct. Ga. Certiorari denied.

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 sentences in these cases.

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