*786 Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court. In 1989, we held that Johnny Paul Penry had been sentenced to death in violation of the Eighth Amendment because his jury had not been adequately instructed with respect to mitigating evidence. See Penry v. <a href="/opinion/112325/penry-v-lynaugh/"…
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