Justice Brennan, concurring in part and dissenting in part. The Court’s judgment vacates petitioner’s sentence of death while refusing to disturb his conviction. Adhering 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, <span class="citation" data-"942…
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