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Capital Jury Project findings cited by defense counsel about when jurors form penalty decisions

Bruck described Capital Jury Project interviews with nearly a thousand capital-case jurors in 11 states as finding that many formed penalty decisions during guilt-phase evidence, before hearing the penalty phase.

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Bruck cited the findings to oppose excluding mitigating evidence from the guilt phase, arguing that a one-sided account could encourage premature penalty decisions.

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2015 Federal Trial

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