Payne v. Tennessee
Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that testimony in the form of a victim impact statement is admissible during the sentencing phase of a trial and, in death penalty cases, does not violate the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment. Payne overruled two of the Courts' precedents: Booth v. Maryland (1987) and South Carolina v. Gathers (1989).
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Payne v. Tennessee
Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that testimony in the form of a victim impact statement is admissible during the sentencing phase of a trial and, in death penalty cases, does not violate the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment. Payne overruled two of the Courts' precedents: Booth v. Maryland (1987) and South Carolina v. Gathers (1989).
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Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 8 ...... th Carolina v. Gathers (1989).
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