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Justice Brennan Justice Brennan
Subject
Memorandum on Death Penalty
Message Content

Narrator presented research on 'cruel and unusual' punishment and racial disparity in executions.

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Document Summary

This document appears to be a page (p. 160) from a manuscript or memoir, dated April 2, 2012, in the header. It narrates the author's time as a law clerk (likely Alan Dershowitz) for Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg in the 1960s. The text details the legal research into the constitutionality of the death penalty, discussions with Justice Goldberg about the political risks of opposing it, and a specific meeting with Justice Brennan to present arguments based on the 'cruel and unusual punishment' clause and racial disparities in execution statistics. The document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp.

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