• Source: Thornell v. Jones

Thornell v. Jones, 602 U.S. ___ (2024), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals interpreted and applied Strickland v. Washington incorrectly. The Ninth Circuit's decision was reversed, and the death sentence was reinstated. Alito said that the Ninth Circuit's characterizations of the mitigating and aggravating factors were misleading, emphasizing the former and downplaying the latter inappropriately.
In dissent, Sotomayor agreed that the Ninth Circuit had "all but ignored" the aggravating factors, but she thought the Ninth Circuit was in a better position to decide this matter than the Supreme Court.




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Text of Thornell v. Jones, 602 U.S. ___ (2024) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

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• Thornell v. Jones
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• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 602
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• 2023 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Ketanji Brown Jackson
• List of United States Supreme Court opinions involving capital punishment
• 2023 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Sonia Sotomayor
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