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Mccleskey Vs. Kemp

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 22, 1987

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  1. Mccleskey Vs. Zant US Supreme Court · Apr 16, 1991
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  11. U.S. 279 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court McCleskey v. Kemp
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  12. U.S. 279 (1987) McCleskey v. Kemp
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  13. punishment must be analyzed in the light of this Court's prior decisions under that Amendment. Decisions since Furman v. Georgia
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  14. and thus that the sentence is not disproportionate within any recognized meaning under the Eighth Amendment. Gregg v. Georgia
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  15. On appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the convictions and the sentences. McCleskey v. State
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  16. Ga. 108, 263 S.E.2d 146 (1980). This Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari. McCleskey v. Georgia
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  17. Superior Court of Butts County. After holding an evidentiary hearing, the Superior Court denied relief. McCleskey v. Zant
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  18. to appeal the Superior Court's denial of his petition, No. 81-5523, and this Court again denied certiorari. McCleskey v. Zant
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  19. it believed that McCleskey's Eighth Amendment claim was foreclosed by the Fifth Circuit's decision in Spinkellink v. Wainwright
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  20. on him. Wayte v. United
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  21. Arlington Heights v. Page
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  22. multiple-regression analysis to prove statutory violations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Bazemore v. Friday
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  23. to the characteristics of the individual defendant and the facts of the particular capital offense. See Hitchcock v. Dugger
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  24. and Title VII contexts, the decisionmaker has an opportunity to explain the statistical disparity. See Whitus v. Georgia
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  25. Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine
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  26. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co. v. Babcock
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  27. See Imbler v. Pachtman
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  28. Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney
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  29. U. S. 256 , 442 U. S. 279 (1979) (footnote and citation omitted). See Wayte v. United
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  30. enacted or maintained the death penalty statute because of an anticipated racially discriminatory effect. In Gregg v. Georgia
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  31. U. S. 299 legitimate reasons for the Georgia Legislature to adopt and maintain capital punishment, see Gregg v. Georgia
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  32. Page 481 U. S. 300 Wilkerson v. Utah
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  33. Weems v. United
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  34. Id. at 217 U. S. 367 . Chief Justice Warren, writing for the plurality in Trop v. Dulles
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  35. of the death penalty for a particular crime have rested on such an examination of contemporary values. E.g., Enmund v. Florida
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  36. U. S. 301 B Two principal decisions guide our resolution of McCleskey's Eighth Amendment claim. In Furman v. Georgia
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  37. Id. at 428 U. S. 189 (quoting Pennsylvania ex rel. Sullivan v. Ashe
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  38. U.S. at 428 U. S. 197 -198 (quoting Coley v. State
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  39. to ensure that capital sentencing decisions rest on the individualized inquiry contemplated in Gregg. In Woodson v. North
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  40. Page 481 U. S. 304 Proffitt v. Florida
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  41. footnote omitted). See Skipper v. South
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  42. Woodson v. North
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  43. but have probed the application Page 481 U. S. 305 of statutes to particular cases. For example, in Godfrey v. Georgia
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  44. as applied to a certain class of cases, we have established substantive limitations on its application. In Coker v. Georgia
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  45. held that a State may not constitutionally sentence an individual to death for the rape of an adult woman. In Enmund v. Florida
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  46. murder absent a showing that the defendant possessed a sufficiently culpable mental state. Most recently, in Ford v. Wainwright
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  47. See Pulley v. Harris
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  48. robbery, a crime for which this Court has determined that the death penalty constitutionally may be imposed. Gregg v. Georgia
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court McCleskey v. Kemp
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  50. Furman v. Georgia
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