Justice Brennan, dissenting. Although I join Justice Blackmun’s and Justice Stevens’ dissents, I adhere 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, <a href="/opinion/109532/gregg-v-georgia/#227" aria-description="Citation for case: Gregg v. Ge…
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