Word: avoidedâ
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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...occasion seemed so indecisive as to leave confusion in the wake of crucial opinions. When it ruled against capital punishment?an emotional issue that even the Warren Court had avoided???the vote was 5 to 4 and each Justice wrote a separate opinion. Partly as a result, half the states have drafted new statutes (still untested) reviving the death penalty...
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