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... cruelty if it should count the drops in a single glass and make thereby a thousand offences , and thus extend the ... cruel and unusual " punishments . " A penalty . . . should be considered ' unusually ' imposed if it is administered ...
... cruelty if it should count the drops in a single glass and make thereby a thousand offences , and thus extend the ... cruel and unusual " punishments . " A penalty . . . should be considered ' unusually ' imposed if it is administered ...
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... cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendents to the Constitution ; and " ( b ) whether the death penalty is inflicted discriminatorily upon ! DOUGLAS , J. , concurring 408 U.S. murderers . " FURMAN v ...
... cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth and fourteenth amendents to the Constitution ; and " ( b ) whether the death penalty is inflicted discriminatorily upon ! DOUGLAS , J. , concurring 408 U.S. murderers . " FURMAN v ...
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... cruel and unusual " to apply the death penalty - or any other penalty - selectively to minorities whose num- bers are few , who are outcasts of society , and who are unpopular , but whom society is willing to see suffer though it would ...
... cruel and unusual " to apply the death penalty - or any other penalty - selectively to minorities whose num- bers are few , who are outcasts of society , and who are unpopular , but whom society is willing to see suffer though it would ...
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... cruel and unusual punishments . " But the debates of the First Congress on the Bill of Rights throw little light on its intended meaning . All that appears is the following : " Mr. SMITH , of South Carolina , objected to the words ' nor ...
... cruel and unusual punishments . " But the debates of the First Congress on the Bill of Rights throw little light on its intended meaning . All that appears is the following : " Mr. SMITH , of South Carolina , objected to the words ' nor ...
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... cruel and unusual punishments " is not fastened to the obsolete but may acquire mean- ing as public opinion becomes enlightened by a humane justice . " Weems v . United States , supra , at 378. A like statement was made in Trop v ...
... cruel and unusual punishments " is not fastened to the obsolete but may acquire mean- ing as public opinion becomes enlightened by a humane justice . " Weems v . United States , supra , at 378. A like statement was made in Trop v ...
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