Of One Thing, However, I Am Certain. Just As An Execution Without Adequate Safeguards Is Unacceptable, So Too Is An Execution When The Condemned Prisoner Can Prove That He Is Innocent. The Execution Of A Person Who Can Show That He Is Innocent Comes Perilously Close To Simple Murder.

-Harry A. Blackmun

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Of One Thing, However, I Am Certain.

Harry A. Blackmun

Of One Thing, However, I Am Certain. Just As An Execution Without Adequate Safeguards Is Unacceptable, So Too Is An Execution When The Condemned Prisoner Can Prove That He Is Innocent. The Execution Of A Person Who Can Show That He Is Innocent Comes Perilously Close To Simple Murder.

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By Placing Discretion In The Hands Of An Official To Grant Or Deny A License, Such A Statute Creates A Threat Of Censorship That By Its Very Existence Chills Free Speech.

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