"When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court……" — Thurgood Marshall

When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of… - Thurgood Marshall
"When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital punishment would be administered with fairness and justice. Instead, the promise has become a cruel and empty mockery. If not remedied, the scandalous state of our present system of capital punishment will cast a pall of shame over our society for years to come. We cannot let it continue."

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