Discuss the case of Coker v. Georgia (1977). What were the circumstances around the case? What did the court rule?

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In Coker v. Georgia (1977), the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for rape was unconstitutional. Ehrlich Coker had escaped from prison where he was serving time for murder, rape, and kidnapping and promptly proceeded to commit another rape and kidnapping. Nevertheless, the Court struck down the Georgia statute authorizing death for rape under certain circumstances as “grossly disproportionate” and thus repugnant to the Eighth Amendment. Coker is currently serving multiple life sentences in Georgia.

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