Jerry Lane Jurek
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Jerry Lane Jurek was the defendant whose capital murder conviction and death sentence led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Jurek v. Texas, which upheld the constitutionality of Texas's death penalty statute.
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| Jerry Lane Jurek canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
criminal defendant
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWithLegalIssue |
constitutionality of Texas capital sentencing procedures
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constitutionality of the death penalty ⓘ |
| convictedOf | capital murder ⓘ |
| countryOfLegalProceedings | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendantIn | Jurek v. Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapitalSentencingPhase | Texas bifurcated trial system ⓘ |
| hasRole | petitioner ⓘ |
| legalCaseCitation | Jurek v. Texas, 428 U.S. 262 (1976) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCaseDecisionYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| legalCaseJurisdiction | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCaseResultedIn | upholding Texas death penalty statute ⓘ |
| legalProceedingType | capital murder trial ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States criminal justice system ⓘ |
| linkedToTopic |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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U.S. Supreme Court death penalty cases ⓘ capital punishment in Texas ⓘ cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ death penalty jurisprudence ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the defendant in Jurek v. Texas ⓘ |
| sentencedTo | death ⓘ |
| sentenceReviewedBy | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateOfConviction | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Jurek v. Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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