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Thompson v. LynaughThompson v. Lynaugh

Supreme Court of the United States
Jul 7, 1987
No. 87-5052 (A-23)
Reporters:
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Before:
Application

Lead Opinion

C. A. 5th Cir. Application for stay of execution ‍​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‍of sentence of death, presented to Justice White, and by him referred to the Court, denied. Certiorari denied.

Justice ‍​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‍Stevens would grant the application for stay.





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 the application for stay of execution and the petition for writ of ‍​​​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‍certiorari and would vacate the death sentence in this case.

Case Details

Case Name: Thompson v. Lynaugh
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Jul 7, 1987
Citations: 483 U.S. 1035; 108 S. Ct. 5; No. 87-5052 (A-23)
Docket Number: No. 87-5052 (A-23)
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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