Wilkerson v. Utah
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title:
Wilkerson v. Utah
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Wilkerson v. Utah, 99 U.S. 130 (1879), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court affirmed the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah in stating that execution by firing squad, as prescribed by the Utah territorial statute, was not cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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1879 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkerson_v._Utah
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2023-12-12T00:30:56Z
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