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BOURGEOIS v. WATSON

No. 20-1891.

977 F.3d 620 (2020)

Alfred BOURGEOIS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. T.J. WATSON, Warden, and United States of America, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 6, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor J. Abreu , Attorney, Katherine Cleary Thompson , Peter K. Williams , Attorney, Office of the Federal Community Defender, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Paula Offenhauser , Attorney, Brian L. Reitz , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Houston, TX, Christopher Jackson Smith , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents-Appellants.

Before Kanne, Hamilton, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.

Alfred Bourgeois, a federal prisoner, was sentenced to death after he brutally abused and murdered his two-year-old daughter. Bourgeois now collaterally attacks his death sentence on the ground that he is intellectually disabled. Both the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA), 18 U.S.C. § 3596(c), and the Supreme Court's...

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