Maynard v. Cartwright

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Maynard v. Cartwright, 486 U.S. 356 (1988), is a United States Supreme Court case in which a unanimous Court found that the "especially heinous, atrocious or cruel" standard for the application of the death penalty as defined by the Eighth Amendment was too vague.[1] As such, Oklahoma's law was overturned based on _Furman v. Georgia _ (1972).

Justice William J. Brennan Jr. announced in a concurrence, joined by Justice Thurgood Marshall , that he would adhere to his view that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.[2]

See also

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• Capital punishment

• Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

• _Walton v. Arizona _ (1990)

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 486

• List of United States Supreme Court cases

• Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume

• List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist Court

References

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1. ↑ Maynard v. Cartwright, 486 U.S. 356 (1988).
2. ↑ _Gregg v. Georgia _, 428 U.S. 153 , 227, 231 (1976).

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