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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:433_U.S._584
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date
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1977-06-29
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_William_H._Rehnquist
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
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gptkbp:heldBy
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The death penalty for the crime of rape of an adult woman is grossly disproportionate and excessive punishment, and therefore unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Coker v. Georgia
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gptkbp:joinedBy
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gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Death penalty
Rape
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
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gptkbp:overruledBy
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Georgia law permitting death penalty for rape of an adult woman
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:Erlich_Anthony_Coker
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gptkbp:predecessor
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Limiting use of death penalty in non-homicide crimes
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Kennedy_v._Louisiana
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:State_of_Georgia
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gptkbp:subject
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Constitutionality of death penalty for rape
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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