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In ''Coker v. Georgia'', 433 U.S. 584 (1977), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the [[Eighth Amendment]] prohibited applying the [[death penalty]] for the crime of rape.  This decision agreed with a lower court ruling by the Court of Appeals for the [[Fourth Circuit]] nearly a decade earlier in ''Ralph v. Warden'', 438 F.2d 786 (4th Cir. 1970).

In '''''Coker v. Georgia''''', 433 U.S. 584 (1977), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] held that the [[Eighth Amendment]] prohibited applying the [[death penalty]] for the crime of rape.  This decision agreed with a lower court ruling by the Court of Appeals for the [[Fourth Circuit]] nearly a decade earlier in ''Ralph v. Warden'', 438 F.2d 786 (4th Cir. 1970).

Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]] and Justice [[William Rehnquist]] dissented, and Justice [[Lewis Powell]] dissented in part.

Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]] and Justice [[William Rehnquist]] dissented, and Justice [[Lewis Powell]] dissented in part.

[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]

[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]