(DOWNLOAD) "Godfrey v. Georgia" by Supreme Court of the United States ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Godfrey v. Georgia
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 19, 1980
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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Under Georgia law, a person convicted of murder may be sentenced to death if it is found beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense "was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved torture, depravity of mind, or an aggravated battery to the victim." Ga. Code ? 27-2534.1 (b)(7) (1978). In Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153, the Court held that this statutory aggravating circumstance (? (b)(7)) is not unconstitutional on its face. Responding to the argument that the language of the provision is "so broad that capital
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