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Gregg v Georgia
Coverage of Gregg v Georgia in the Nexus archive.
- The scourge of the death penalty hangs over America | Austin Sarat
The article discusses the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1976 decisions that reinstated the death penalty, arguing that the constitutional framework established then was based on an unrealistic 'fantasy of fairness.' Author Austin Sarat criticizes the legitimacy of capital punishment and advocates for its abolition.