Payne v. Tennessee, No. 90-5721 (U.S. Supreme Court) (501 U.S. 808; 111 S.Ct. 2597) (June 27, 1991) (Justice Rehnquist)
Beginning in 1987, the Supreme Court addressed of victim impact statements in three cases. In first two, the Court barred the use at sentencing hearings of victim impact evidence relating to the personal characteristics of the victim and the impact of the crime on the victim's family in capital cases. ...
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