Coker v. Georgia

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Coker v. Georgia is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for the crime of raping an adult woman, thereby limiting the application of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.


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Gregg v. Georgia followedBy Coker v. Georgia

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