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Sep 19 2022 (SC)

In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances ...

Court: Supreme Court of India

Decided on: Sep-19-2022

..... original jurisdiction suo motu writ petition crl no 1 of2022in re framing guidelines regarding potential mitigating circumstances to be considered while imposing death sentences judgment s ravindra bhat j 1 ..... about the accused at the time of sentencing severely disadvantages the process of considering mitigating circumstances it is clarified that mere mention of these circumstances by counsel serve .....

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Jun 27 1990 (FN)

Walton Vs. Arizona

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jun-27-1990

..... that the number of aggravating circumstances be weighed against the number of mitigating circumstances one mitigating circumstance for example may be sufficiently substantial to outweigh two aggravating circumstances ..... and the question remains why the constitution demands that the aggravating standards and mitigating standards be accorded opposite treatment it is impossible to understand why since .....

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Oct 14 1992 (FN)

Graham Vs. Collins

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Oct-14-1992

..... and accuracy is also inapplicable since denying graham special jury instructions concerning his mitigating evidence would not seriously diminish the likelihood of obtaining an accurate determination in ..... that the state does not categorically preclude the sentencer from considering constitutionally relevant mitigating circumstances see walton supra at 652 t here is no constitutional requirement of .....

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1991

Parker Vs. Dugger

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jan-01-1991

..... precisely what effect the florida courts gave to the evidence petitioner presented in mitigation of his death sentence and consequently determine whether his death sentence meets federal ..... circumstances the florida supreme court affirmed parker s death sentence without considering the mitigating circumstances this affirmance was invalid because it deprived parker of the individualized treatment .....

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Jun 15 1992 (FN)

Morgan Vs. Illinois

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jun-15-1992

..... there is no case in which he is by law compelled to find a mitigating fact sufficiently mitigating the people of illinois have decided in other words that murder with certain aggravators ..... mandatory death penalty statute is unconstitutional because it does not allow for consideration of particularized mitigating factors emphasis added woodson v north carolina 428 u s 280 303 1976 plurality opinion .....

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May 14 2007 (FN)

Schriro Vs. Landrigan

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: May-14-2007

..... of the results of the minimal investigation by counsel with the amount of available mitigating evidence landrigan claims was available leaves us with grave doubts whether landrigan received ..... the state postconviction court s conclusion that respondent completely waived his right to present mitigating evidence involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law as determined by .....

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Jun 26 2006 (FN)

Kansas Vs. Marsh

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Jun-26-2006

..... is unconstitutional because the defendant must bear the risk of nonpersuasion that any mitigating circumstance will not outweigh the aggravating circumstance alteration omitted rejecting walton s argument ..... the arizona system was unconstitutional because it required the death penalty unless the mitigating circumstances outweighed the aggravating circumstances see supra at 5 moreover the dissent in .....

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Mar 22 2005 (FN)

Brown Vs. Payton

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Mar-22-2005

..... his understanding that the trial judge had agreed that consideration of the mitigating evidence was constitutionally required and meant to let respective counsel argue only about its ..... amendment violations in circumstances precluding the sentencing body from considering the defendant s mitigating evidence even where the evidence was extensive and where it accordingly might have been .....

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Nov 03 1997 (FN)

Buchanan Vs. Angelone

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Nov-03-1997

..... 39 buchanan requested several additional jury instructions he proposed four instructions on particular mitigating factors no significant history of prior criminal activity extreme mental or emotional disturbance ..... must affirmatively structure in a particular way the manner in which juries consider mitigating evidence and indeed our decisions suggest that complete jury discretion is constitutionally .....

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Nov 13 2006 (FN)

Ayers Vs. Belmontes

Court: US Supreme Court

Decided on: Nov-13-2006

..... the jury would deem itself foreclosed from considering respondent s full case in mitigation before enumerating specific factors for consideration factors including the circumstances of the crime ..... interpreted factor k in a way that prevented it from considering constitutionally relevant mitigating evidence namely evidence of his postcrime religious conversion ibid citation alteration and internal .....

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