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WESTBROOK v. ZANT

Civ. A. No. 81-37-MAC.

515 F.Supp. 1347 (1981)

Johnny Mack WESTBROOK, Plaintiff, v. Walter B. ZANT, Warden, Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Georgia, Macon Division.

On Motion To Open Judgment and For New Trial June 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Sadow, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff.

Harrison Kohler, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant.

OWENS, District Judge:

The Constitution of the United States does not prohibit the trial and conviction of persons who rape, kidnap, physically abuse, and with brute force then murder their fellow human beings. Neither does the Constitution prohibit the imposition of the death penalty upon or the execution of those who commit such atrocious crimes. To the contrary, the Constitution guarantees nothing more than a constitutionally fair and just trial and an appellate...

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