Pulley v. Harris, 465 U.S. 37 (1984), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not require, as an invariable rule in every case, that a state appellate court, before it affirms a death sentence, proportionally compare the sentence in the case before it with the penalties imposed in similar cases if requested to do so by the prisoner.[1]

The prisoner in the case, Robert Alton Harris, was ultimately executed in April 1992, after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit several more times in the matter, including after Harris had been strapped into the gas chamber.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Mayell, Manvin S. (Autumn 1984). "Eighth Amendment. Proportionality Review of Death Sentences Not Required". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 75 (3): 839–854. doi:10.2307/1143646. JSTOR 1143646.
  2. ^ Calabresi, Steven G.; Lawson, Gary (October 1992). "Equity and Hierarchy: Reflections on the Harris Execution". Boston University School of Law (102): 255. Retrieved June 15, 2024.


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