370 F. Supp. 2d 446 - Lenz v. True’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit both have held that statistical information alone is insufficient to prove the types of claims [petitioner] asserts. The JLARC statistics do not prove that geographic location, race, wealth, or some impermissible review factor enters into any capital sentencing decisions, or that such circumstances were a factor in [petitioner’s] particular case. “Statistics at most may show only a likelihood that a particular factor entered into some decisions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 490 F. Supp. 2d 694 - Yarbrough v. Johnson

2. “not be precluded from considering, as a mitigating factor, any aspect of a defendant's character or record and any of the circumstances of the offense that the defendant proffers as a basis for a sentence less than death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lenz v. Washington

3. “[t]he neuropsychologist was able to complete her evaluation ... and competently presented the results of that evaluation to the mitigation specialist who, in turn, affirmed counsel's mitigation strategy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lenz v. Washington