Justice Blackmun dissents from the denial of certiorari in this case with a statement explaining why the death penalty “as currently administered,” post, at 1159, is contrary to the Constitution of the United States. That explanation often refers to “intellectual, moral, and personal” perceptions, but never to the text and tradition of the Constitution. It is the latter rather than the former that ought to control. The…
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