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Court rules death penalty cannot be imposed for rape
The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision led by Justice White, strikes down Georgia's death sentence for Ehrlich Coker who killed no one in a 1974 rape. The ruling, which may limit capital punishment for rape nationwide, sends Eberheart and Hooks cases back for new sentences.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
Georgia
Ehrlich Anthony Coker
Waycross
White
Potter Stewart
Harry A Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Coker
Powell
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
John Wallace Eberheart Jr
John Wesley Hooks
Georgia Supreme Court
Eberheart
Cokers
Florida