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Nation faces new capital punishment controversy
Washington reports that five months after the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty, confusion grows over how the law is applied. The court blocked Gary Gilmore's execution and halted Robert White's scheduled death, while striking down two Georgia sentences and reexamining Florida and Louisiana rules amid a widened moratorium and complex rulings.
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Lesley Oessner
N.Y. Times
Washington
Reme
Nation
Gary Mark Gilmore
Texas
Robert Excell White
Gilmore
White
Lewis F. Pqgell Jr
James Livingston
Had
Lorder
High Court
Robert Extell White
Waco
Tex
Georgia
Davis
George Street
Supreme Court
Florida
Potter Stewart
Stewart
David Kendall
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc
Louisiana
North Carolina
Oklahoma
America
Isiana
Carolina