Antonio Franklin v. Margaret Bradshaw

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• finding that a challenge to the admission of 18 victim autopsy photographs did not satisfy the “high standard” for habeas relief
• noting that “no authorities have extended [Atkins or Roper] to prohibit the execution of those with mental illnesses”
• holding that state court’s determination that petitioner’s right to fair trial was not denied by admission of 18 gruesome autopsy photographs of his victims that were shown to jurors on large projector screen during trial was not contrary to clearly established federal law
• rejecting claim that autopsy photographs of charred, disfigured, and gory remains of victims denied petitioner the fundamental right to a fair trial
• noting absence of caselaw extending Atkins to prohibit the execution of those with mental illnesses
• rejecting petitioner’s argument that admission of 18 autopsy photographs of victims rendered state criminal trial fundamentally unfair

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