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petitioner
mac
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atty
oklahoma
respondent
justice
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human
rights
oklahoma
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term
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generations
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buck
bell
limits
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legislatively
represented
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experiments
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discussed
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reserve
judgment
footnotes
healy
individual
delinquent
pp
sutherland
criminology
pp
gillin
criminology
penology
ix
popenoe
sterilization
criminality
assoc
myerson
et
eugenical
sterilization
viii
landman
human
sterilization
ix
summary
report
american
neurological
association
committee
investigation
sterilization
see
state
troutman
idaho
chamberlain
eugenics
legislatures
courts
castle
law
human
sterilization
bill
rights
review
sec
provides
section
paragraph
sentence
clause
phrase
act
shall
declared
unconstitutional
void
reason
final
jurisdiction
fact
shall
manner
invalidate
affect
remaining
portions
act
shall
continue
full
force
effect
legislature
hereby
declares
passed
act
section
section
paragraph
sentence
clause
phrase
thereof
irrespective
fact
one
sections
paragraphs
sentences
clauses
phrases
declared
unconstitutional
see
eugenical
sterilization
report
committee
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neurological
association
pp
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summary
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journal
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sterilization
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