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Woodson v North Carolina

428 US 280 (1976)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Year1976
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A mandatory death sentence for first-degree murder violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments because it forecloses individualized consideration of the offender and offence.

Area of Law

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