Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-Appellee

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1985-01-29

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VANCE, Circuit Judge, concurring: Although I concur in Judge Roney’s opinion, I am troubled by its assertion that there is “little difference in the proof that might be required to prevail” under either eighth amendment or fourteenth amendment equal protection claims of the kind presented here 1 . According to Furman, </em…

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