Question

In Coker v. Georgia (1977), the Supreme Court invalidated a provision of law that allowed capital punishment in cases of what?

Answer 1

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He was sentenced to death on the rape charge. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed petitioner's conviction and sentence. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed. The Court held that the death penalty for the crime of rape is grossly disproportionate and therefore violates the Eighth Amendment as cruel and unusual punishment.