Stewart v. Massachusetts - 408 U.S. 845 (1972)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Stewart v. Massachusetts, 408 U.S. 845 (1972)
Stewart v. Massachusetts
No. 71-5446
Decided June 29, 1972
408 U.S. 845
Syllabus
Imposition and carrying out of death penalty in this case held to constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Furman. v. Georgia, ante, p. 408 U. S. 238. ___ Mass. ___, 270 N.E.2d 811, vacated and remanded.
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