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Judge Sand's Instruction 9A-20
Bruck proposed Instruction 9A-20 as a fallback that would explain that death required unanimous findings and that life imprisonment without release was the only alternative sentence. He argued that the language would preserve a preference for unanimous verdicts while avoiding pressure from a mistaken belief that disagreement would require a new trial.