The Facts of Gregg v. Georgia

The Facts of Gregg v. Georgia:
Troy Gregg robbed and killed two men after they picked him up hitchhiking with another man. Gregg claimed it was self defense but at the trial he was found guilty of murder. He was then sentenced to death. He argued that the Georgia death penalty laws violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments barring cruel and unusual punishment.

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