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Supreme Court to Hear Two Major Death Penalty Cases

The justices will rule on whether carrying out a 35-year-old death sentence is cruel and unusual punishment in one of two cases from Texas it has taken. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Capital Punishment

Topics: taken, Texas, cases, punishment, unusual, cruel, sentence, death, 35-year-old, carrying, whether, justices, Cases, Penalty, Death, Major, Court, Supreme

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/politics/supreme-court-to-hear-two-major-death-penalty-cases.html?partner=rss&emc=rss