Commonwealth v. Peterkin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1986-07-25

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*330 NIX, Chief Justice, concurring. While I concur with the result reached by the majority, I feel compelled to once again express my deep regret that the majority of this Court is content to blindly accept the death-qualification process. The prosecution-proneness of death qualified jurors has been firmly established by a number of reliable studies.…

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