Slaughter v. Kentucky

Jun 12, 1989
No. 87-7107; No. 88-5241; No. 88-5863; No. 88-6756; No. 88-7124; No. 88-7235
Reporters:
Before:
Brennan

Lead Opinion

Sup. Ct. Ky.; Sup. Ct. S. C.; ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍Sup. Ct. Mo.; Sup. Ct. 111.; *1114C. A. 11th Cir.; and C. A. 8th Cir. ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍Certiorari denied.

No. 88-7124. No. 88-7235.



Dissenting Opinion

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall,

dissenting.

Adhering to our views that the ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 227, 231 (1976), we would grant certiorari and ‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‍vacate the death sentences in these cases.