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An Overview Of The Capital Jury Project For Military Practitioners: Aggravation, Mitigation, And Admission Defenses, Eric Carpenter
An Overview Of The Capital Jury Project For Military Practitioners: Aggravation, Mitigation, And Admission Defenses, Eric Carpenter
Eric R. Carpenter
This article takes the findings from the Capital Jury Project (CJP) and applies them to military court-martial practice, taking note of military specific rules and case law that gain new meaning when placed in a CJP-informed context. This article covers themes in aggravation and mitigation and discusses the underlying juror beliefs that drive those themes. Throughout, the article explores how counsel on both sides of a capital court-martial can use these findings to improve their trial practice but pays special attention to how admission defenses address these themes.