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Payne v. Tennesse - the Supreme Court ruled that testimony in the form of a victim impact statement is admissible during the sentencing phase of a trial, even in death penalty cases, and that it does not violate the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment.

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