Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Fairchild v. Lockhart

Fairchild v. Lockhart, 497 U.S. 1052 (1990)

Type: Opinion
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: Federal
Date: 1990-09-06
Topic: general

Justice Marshall, 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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Justice Marshall,

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.