for The State Bar Of New Mexico
1. Brown v. Mississippi, No. 301, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 10, 1936, Argued , February 17, 1936, Decided
OVERVIEW: Defendants' convictions and death sentences for murder were void for lack of the essential elements of due process because the undisputed evidence showed that their confessions, the only evidence against them, were obtained through physical torture.
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