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Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005477

A landmark United States Supreme Court case that ruled mandatory death penalty statutes are unconstitutional. The Court found that such laws violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments by not allowing for individualized consideration of mitigating factors. This decision led states to revise their capital punishment statutes to permit judicial discretion.

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IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005477
FieldLaw
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