Petition of the day

The petition of the day is:

Lawlor v. Virginia
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.

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