Petitioner were sentenced to death. Imposition and carrying out of the death penalty under the law of Oklahoma constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Woodson v. North Carolina, ante, p. 280 and Roberts v. Louisiana, ante, p. 325. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgments vacated insofar as they leave undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and case...
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