Petition of the day
By Mary Pat Dwyer
on Oct 8, 2013
The petition of the day is:
13-167
Issue: Whether, as a matter of either due process or the Eighth Amendment right to present evidence in mitigation, the defendant in such a case is entitled to oppose a death sentence by introducing evidence that he will pose a low risk of violence in the prison setting.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Lawlor v. Virginia
Recommended Citation:
Mary Pat Dwyer,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Oct. 8, 2013, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2013/10/petition-of-the-day-472/