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McCleskey v. Kemp 481 U.S. 279 (1987) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the death penalty sentencing of Warren McCleskey for armed robbery and murder was upheld. The Court said the racially disproportionate impact in Georgia death penalty indicated by a comprehensive scientific study was not enough to overturn the guilty verdict without showing a racially discriminatory purpose.Dan T.

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