Concept information
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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
social history of crime
state and federal court cases
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Coker v. Georgia
Definition
- This landmark Supreme Court decision found the irrevocable imposition of the death penalty for the rape of an adult woman to be a violation of the Eighth Amendment, given that rape is a non-homicidal crime. The decision stems from the events of September 2, 1974, when convicted felon Ehrlich Anthony Coker escaped from Ware Correctional Institution outside Waycross, Georgia, where he was serving several sentences for aggravated assault, rape, kidnapping, and murder. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Coker v. Georgia]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1977
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Coker_v._Georgia
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