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Number 7 in the notice letter of December 12th, concerning execution and future terrorist attacks
On Day 46, the court identified Number 7 in the December 12 notice letter as a proposed factor asserting that execution would increase rather than reduce the danger of future terrorist attacks. Bruck disclaimed an empirical prediction and offered to consider redrafting the factor.
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The proposed mitigating factor became the subject of the government's exclusion request, while the defense disputed treating it as an empirical prediction or categorical argument against execution for terrorism.