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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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1979-10-10
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gptkbp:citation
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445 U.S. 263
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gptkbp:date
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1980-03-18
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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_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Brennan
gptkb:Justice_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_Powell
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gptkbp:fullName
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William James Rummel v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections
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gptkbp:heldBy
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A life sentence under a recidivist statute for a nonviolent felony does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Rummel v. Estelle
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gptkbp:involvedState
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gptkb:Texas
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
cruel and unusual punishment
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
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gptkbp:numberOfIssues
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Whether a life sentence with possibility of parole for a third nonviolent felony conviction violates the Eighth Amendment.
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gptkbp:petitioner
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William James Rummel
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Ewing_v._California
gptkb:Lockyer_v._Andrade
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:W._J._Estelle,_Jr.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Harmelin_v._Michigan
gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Solem_v._Helm
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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