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Comparative Proportionality Review: Will The Ends, Will The Means , Bruce Gilbert
Comparative Proportionality Review: Will The Ends, Will The Means , Bruce Gilbert
Seattle University Law Review
This Comment attempts to achieve several objectives. Part II discusses the reasons that the death penalty was found to be unconstitutional in Furman v. Georgia. Part III reviews several post-Furman Supreme Court cases and the revised death penalty statutes that were deemed to satisfy the procedural inadequacies found in pre-Furman death sentence statutes. This Part also discusses the role proportionality review plays in making a death penalty statute constitutional. Part IV examines the development of comparative proportionality review in the State of Washington. State v. Benn will serve as the focus of this discussion. Part V demonstrates that Washington's application …