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Supreme Court debated death penalty reach in 1970s cases
Solicitor General Robert Bork urged the Supreme Court to let states impose the death penalty with fewer restraints, arguing the 1972 ruling should be traversed and urging a return to state discretion. Opposing lawyers contended the punishment is an "atavistic butchery" and should be struck down. The arguments covered Florida Georgia Louisiana North Carolina and Texas cases including Proffitt and Gregg.
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Washington
Robert Hi. Bork
Supreme Court
Bork
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Texas
Charles William Proffitt
Joel Medgebow
Tampa
Troy Leon Gregg
Robert L. Shevin
Shevin
Clinton A. Curtis
Barlow, Fla
Proffitt
Florida Supreme Court
Curtis
G. Hughes Harrison
Lawrenceville
Gregg
G. Thomas Davis
High Court
Stanford University Law
Anthony G. Amsterdam
James
Amsterdam
Congress
Unite States
Tilipois