for The Cincinnati Bar Association
1. Wilkerson v. Utah, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, March 17, 1879, Decided; OCTOBER, 1878, Term
OVERVIEW: Where defendant had been convicted of premeditated murder, Utah Territory's execution of defendant's death sentence by shooting was not cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment.
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