U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments
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Thornell v. Jones
1 hour 4 minutes Posted Apr 17, 2024 at 2:00 pm.
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A case in which the Court held that when a capital defendant claims that he was prejudiced at sentencing because counsel failed to present available mitigating evidence, a court must decide whether it is reasonably likely that the additional evidence would have avoided a death sentence, which the court does by evaluating the strength of all the evidence and comparing the weight of aggravating and mitigating factors.