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Tison v. Arizona 481 U.S. 137 (1987) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court qualified the rule it set forth in Enmund v. Florida. Just as in Enmund the Tison Court applied the proportionality principle to conclude that the death penalty was an appropriate punishment for a felony murderer who was a major participant in the underlying felony and exhibited a reckless indifference to human life.This case stems from an infamous prison break during the summer of 1978.