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Does the Death penalty violate the Constitution?In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen Breyer argues yes, it does: it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently, thus violating the ban on ¿cruel and unusual punishments¿ in the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.Against the Death Penalty contains the full text of Justice Breyer¿s dissent in the case of Glossip v. Gross, which involved an unsuccessful challenge to the state of Oklahomäs...

Does the death penalty violate the US Constitution? In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen G. Breyer argues that it does: that it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently, and thus violates the ban on "cruel and unusual punishments” specified by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.