Halprin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “[The] wide range of punishment recognizes the wide range of circumstances that murder can be committed under. Maybe a situation where I turn to Mr. D'Amore, I don’t like his tie today, and I shoot him ten times in the head, and, you know, he falls down and, you know, I dance around all happy about it. It’s a brutal, heinous, intentional murder.... [I]t could be something like that, that's an intentional murder. Or it could be an aged spouse, okay, who pulls the life support plug—”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kimball Douglas Hailey II v. State

2. “was quiet and never exhibited leadership qualities. Was consistently worried about whether his work was acceptable to the civilian workers. Very submissive characteristic. This worrisome attitude was seen to escalate a month before the escape. One civilian worker speculated whether [Halprin] was undergoing some type of depression.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Halprin v. Davis

3. “testified at length that he was a follower and not a leader and that his participation in the victim's murder was minimal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Halprin v. Davis