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" ... in capital cases the fundamental respect for humanity underlying the Eighth Amendment, requires consideration of the character and record of the individual offender and the circumstances of the particular offense as a constitutionally indispensable... "
Habeas Corpus Reform: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United ... - Page 544
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1991 - 948 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 431

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1976 - 1102 pages
...United States." 429 US 975. In Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 US 280, 304 (1976), this Court held that "the fundamental respect for humanity underlying the...of the process of inflicting the penalty of death." In Stanislaus Roberts, supra, we made clear that this principle applies even where the crime of first-degree...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 473

United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1988 - 970 pages
...committed. These factors are properly part of the sentencing process. "[T]he sentencing process must permit consideration of the 'character and record of the...the process of inflicting the penalty of death.'" *See White v. Maryland, 470 US 1062 (1985) (dissenting from denial of certiorari); Maxwell v. Pennsylvania,...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Administrative procedure - 1976 - 1072 pages
...humanity underlying the Eighth Amendment, see Trnr> v. Dtillfs, 356 US, at 100 (plurality opinion), requires consideration of the character and record...of the process of inflicting the penalty of death. For the reasons stated, we conclude that the death sentences imposed upon the petitioners under North...
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Civil Rights: A Staff Report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights - Civil rights - 1976 - 322 pages
...humanity underlying the Eighth Amendment, see Trori v. Dulles, 356 US, at 100 (plurality opinion), requires consideration of the character and record...of the process of inflicting the penalty of death. For the reasons stated, we conclude that the death sentences imposed upon the petitioners under North...
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To Establish Constitutional Procedures for the Imposition of Capital ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures - Capital punishment - 1977 - 368 pages
...Trop v. Dulles, supra, at 100 (plurality opinion), requires consideration of aspects of the character of the individual offender and the circumstances of...constitutionally indispensable part of the process of imposing the ultimate punishment of death. The North Carolina statute impermissibly treats all persons...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 428

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1978 - 716 pages
...Trap \. Dulles, supra, at 100 (plurality opinion), requires consideration of aspects of the character of the individual offender and the circumstances of...constitutionally indispensable part of the process of imposing the ultimate punishment of death. The North Carolina statute impermissibly treats all persons...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 438

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1980 - 862 pages
...invalidating North Carolina's mandatory death penalty statute, that the sentencing process must permit consideration of the "character and record of the...of the process of inflicting the penalty of death," Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 US, at 304, in order to ensure the reliability, under Eighth Amendment...
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Capital Punishment: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Capital punishment - 1981 - 830 pages
...for humanity underlying the Eighth Amendment, see Trop v. Dulles. 356 US at 100 (plurality opinion), requires consideration of the character and record...of the process of Inflicting the penalty of death. "This conclusion rests squarely on the predicate that the penalty of death Is qualitatively different...
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The Human Side of Homicide

Bruce L. Danto, John Bruhns, Austin H. Kutscher - Philosophy - 1982 - 362 pages
...that they omitted, "the fundamental respect for humanity underlying the 8th Amendment. . . . which requires consideration of the character and record...of the process of inflicting the penalty of death" (Woodson v. North Carolina 1976:2991). In Gregg, they explained: In summary the concerns expressed...
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Federal criminal law revision: hearings before the Subcommittee on ..., Part 3

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice - Criminal law - 1983 - 1426 pages
...for humanity underlying the Eighth Amendment, see Trop v. Dulles, 356 US at 100 (plurality opinion), requires consideration of the character and record...of the process of inflicting the penalty of death. "This conclusion rests squarely on the predicate that the penalty of death is qualitatively different...
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