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Jesse GUARDADO v. Julie L. JONES, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Steven Anthony Cozzie v. Florida.

Supreme Court of the United States2018-04-02No. Nos. 17–7171; 17–7545.
138 S. Ct. 1131200 L. Ed. 2d 729

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Therefore, the Florida Supreme Court has (again) failed to address an important and substantial Eighth Amendment challenge to capital defendants sentences post-Hurst . Nothing in its pre-Hurst precedent, nor in its opinions in Truehill and Oliver , addresses or resolves these substantial Caldwell -based challenges. This Court can and should intervene in the face of this troubling situation.

I dissent.

Toutes choses sont dites déjà; mais comme personne n écoute, il faut toujours recommencer. Gide, Le Traité du Narcisse 8 (1892), in Le Traité du Narcisse 104 (R. Robidoux ed. 1978) (Everything has been said already; but as no one listens, we must always begin again).