District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1980-10-28

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Quirico, J. (dissenting). I dissent from the holding of the court that St. 1979, c. 488, entitled “An Act providing for capital punishment,” and that the various amendments to *687 the General Laws enacted thereby are unconstitutional under art. 26 of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Although the holding is directed to specific statutory en…

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