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Supreme Court bars automatic death for cop killers
The Supreme Court ruled 5 4 that mandatory death sentences for police killer offenses are unconstitutional cru el and unusual punishment. Judges and juries must consider case specifics. Louisiana’s law is struck down. Harry Roberts’s death sentence spared, others may face life or trial. The decision drew police opposition and echoed in related rulings on obscenity, veteran benefits, and customs search authorities.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Ellingsworth
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Gaithersburg
Ellingsworth
Louisiana
Harry Roberts
New Orleans
Roberts
New York
Ellis McGee
William Brennan
Lewis Powell Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
John Paul Stevens
Warren Burger
William Rehnquist
Harry Blackmun
Byron White