Warren McCleskey v. Ralph Kemp, Warden

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:McCleskey_v._Kemp
gptkbp:arguedDate	October 15, 1986
gptkbp:citation	481 U.S. 279
gptkbp:citedStudy	Baldus study
gptkbp:date	April 22, 1987
gptkbp:decision	5-4
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkbp:docketNumber	84-6811
gptkbp:hasDoctrine	gptkb:Eighth_Amendment gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkbp:heldBy	Statistical evidence of racial disparities in death penalty sentencing is insufficient to overturn an individual conviction without proof of discriminatory intent in the specific case.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Warren McCleskey v. Ralph Kemp, Warden
gptkbp:impact	limited the use of statistical evidence to prove racial bias in capital cases
gptkbp:involvedState	gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalIssue	racial discrimination in the application of the death penalty
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:Warren_McCleskey
gptkbp:predecessor	death penalty jurisprudence in the United States
gptkbp:response	Ralph Kemp
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:McCleskey_v._Kemp
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7