In what circumstances will the US Supreme Court strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional?
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The following excerpt is from Harper v. U.S., 945 F.2d 409 (9th Cir. 1991):
2 In United States v. Harper, 729 F.2d 1216, 1226 (9th Cir.1984), this court held that the death penalty provision of 18 U.S.C. 794 is unconstitutional.
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