Mitigating factor — A mitigating factor, in law, is any information or evidence presented to the court regarding the defendant or the circumstances of the crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence.[1] Contents 1 Death penalty in the United… … Wikipedia
Gregg v. Georgia — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Gregg v. Georgia ArgueDateA=March 30 ArgueDateB=31 ArgueYear=1976 DecideDate=July 2 DecideYear=1976 FullName=Troy Leon Gregg v. State of Georgia; Charles William Proffitt v. State of Florida; Jerry Lane Jurek v. State of… … Wikipedia
2009 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States — The Supreme Court of the United States handed down nineteen per curiam opinions during its 2009 term, which began on October 5, 2009, and concluded October 3, 2010.[1] Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution,… … Wikipedia
Capital Jury Project — The Capital Jury Project (CJP) is a consortium of university based research studies on the decision making of jurors in death penalty cases in the United States. It was founded in 1991 and is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).… … Wikipedia
Strickland v. Washington — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Strickland v. Washington ArgueDate=January 10 ArgueYear=1984 DecideDate=May 14 DecideYear=1984 FullName=Strickland, Superintendent, Florida State Prison, v. Washington USVol=466 USPage=668 Citation=466 U.S. 668; 104 S. Ct.… … Wikipedia
Wiggins v. Smith — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants = Wiggins v. Smith ArgueDate = March 24 ArgueYear = 2003 DecideDate = June 26 DecideYear = 2003 FullName = Kevin Wiggins, Petitioner v. Sewall Smith, Warden, et al. USVol = 539 USPage = 510 OralArgument =… … Wikipedia
Bigby v. Dretke — 402 F.3d 551 (5th Cir. 2005), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard a case appealed from the Northern Court of Texas (trial court) on the issue of the instructions given to a jury in death penalty sentencing. The decision took… … Wikipedia
Patrick Knight — Patrick Bryan Knight a.k.a. Dead Man Laughing (January 12, 1968 ndash; June 26, 2007) was convicted of double murder and placed on Texas death row. Patrick Knight, who was 23 years old at the time of the crime, had been on death row for more than … Wikipedia
Payne v. Tennessee — ussc|501|808|1991 was an important United States Supreme Court case on criminal law, which held that testimony on the form of a victim impact statement was admissible, thus overruling two of that courts precedents. It held that stare decisis cou … Wikipedia
Harmelin v. Michigan — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Harmelin v. Michigan ArgueDate=November 5 ArgueYear=1990 DecideDate=June 27 DecideYear=1991 FullName=Allen Harmelin v. State of Michigan USVol=501 USPage=957 Prior=Defendant convicted, sentenced; aff d, People v. Harmelin ,… … Wikipedia
