Word: mcgautha
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issue were the cases of Dennis McGautha of Los Angeles, condemned for killing a grocer during an armed robbery, and James Crampton of Toledo. Ohio, convicted of murdering his second wife. Both men argued that their death sentences should be overturned because their juries had no guiding standards, such as the defendant's potential for rehabilitation, to help them choose a verdict of life or death...