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• I cannot see any of these death penalty cases where there hasn't been a violation on the ground of either poverty or…
• In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to…
• From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. ... I fell morally and intellectually obligated simply…
• I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the…
• Of one thing, however, I am certain. Just as an execution without adequate safeguards is unacceptable, so too is an execution when…
• By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of…
• From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed,…
• What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate…

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