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Supreme Court· 6/4/2001

Penry v. Johnson

Citations

  • 532 U.S. 782
  • 121 S. Ct. 1910
  • 150 L. Ed. 2d 9
  • 2001 U.S. LEXIS 4309

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  • holding that the jury should have been provided with a \vehicle ... to give mitigating effect to the evidence of [the petitioner's] mental retardation and childhood abuse\ in the sentencing phase of a death penalty case

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Judges: O'Connor, Thomas, Scalia

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