The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.

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Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy [and] it is evident that the...

Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy [and] it is evident that the...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes...

Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others,...

Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others,...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is...

And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is...

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Our system is not one of justice, but of law

Our system is not one of justice, but of law

There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals...

There is a moral law in this world which has its application both to individuals...

Necessity hath no law

Necessity hath no law

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the...

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the...

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases...

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...

The law is like apparel, which alters with the time

The law is like apparel, which alters with the time

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over...

Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over...