Derick Lynn Peterson v. Edward W. Murray, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections

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• holding that Eighth Amendment does not require that sentencing jury be told defendant will not be eligible for parole for twenty years if given life sentence
• \ '[S]tates are free to structure and shape consideration of mitigating evidence.' \
• \Our holding in Turner controls here.\

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