Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: within the narrow precepts of the Eighth Amendment and thus restrict its application to capital cases In similar vein, Petitioner and Amici claim to believe that defendant's over the length of his prison sentence de pue that any anxicty onc experi- ences relates solely to the guilt, 'innocent aspect his trial The truth i5 more likely stated by Justice Brcnnan n his disscnt 1n DiFrancexeo 449 U.S. 149-150: suggest that most defendants aIt concerned with how much time they rust prads in prison than with whether their record shows conviction Surely Court cannot believe ther that the sen- tencing phase merely incidental par that defend ants op not suffer acute anxiety To the convicted defendant, the sentencing phase certainly criti- ca! as ne guilt -innocence phase To pretend other- wisc reaso ...
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