Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., LLM Biography
- Title:
- Former Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
- Reasoning:
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“The Court granted certiorari in these cases to consider whether the death penalty is any longer a permissible form of punishment. It is the judgment of five Justices that the death penalty, as customarily prescribed and implemented in this country today, offends the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. The reasons for that judgment are stated in five separate opinions, expressing as many separate rationales. In my view, none of these opinions provides a constitutionally adequate foundation for the Court’s decision.”
“Dissenting Opinion,” Furman v. Georgia, June 29, 1972
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, 1972–1987
- Partner, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell and Gibson, 1933-1971
- Trustee and General Counsel, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1971
- President, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1968-1970
- President, American Bar Association, 1964-1965
- Chairman, Richmond School Board, 1952-1961
- Colonel, Intelligence, US Army Corps, WWII
- Education:
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- LLM, Harvard School of Law, 1932
- JD, Washington and Lee College, 1931
- Other:
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- Died in Richmond, VA, 1998
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