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Type
Dissent
Filed
May 14, 2007
Case
Schriro v. Landrigan
Case status
Decided

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*482Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Souter, Justice Ginsburg, and Justice Breyer join, dissenting. Significant mitigating evidence — evidence that may well have explained respondent’s criminal conduct and unruly behavior at his capital sentencing hearing — was unknown at the time of sentencing. Only years later did respondent…

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Other writings in this case

TypeAuthorFiled
Opinion Clarence Thomas May 14, 2007
Opinion of the Court Not attributed May 14, 2007