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Date: 1987McCleskey v. Kemp  

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  • McCleskey v. Kemp was a Supreme Court decision in 1987 that upheld the use of the death penalty, which was challenged by Warren McCleskey (who was black) as unconstitutional due to racial biases in sentencing and in the administration of capital punishment in Georgia. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; McCleskey v. Kemp]

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  • Date: 1987

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-TGQPH5HQ-M

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