State v. Braun

Emblazoned on the edifice of this Nation’s temple of justice, known as the United States Supreme Court, are these words: “Equal Justice Under Law.” This structure is as imposing as the men who have served in it, since the founding of our country, and this phrase is the spirit of all law under our way of life. Upon that phrase, I moor this dissent. Appellant is not claiming cruel and unusual punishment. Nor is he claiming that the sentence shocks the conscience of this Court. He maintains, most forcefully, that the law has not been equally applied to him. The record supports his contention.

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