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Feb 14, 2022

Federal Court Overturns Death Sentence of Alabama Death-Row Prisoner Whose Abandonment by Counsel Led to Supreme Court Ruling

Maples’ case reached the U.S. Supreme Court after Alabama’s state and federal courts refused to consider appellate issues in his case because the volunteer lawyers who were handling his case failed to notify the state court that they had changed f…

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Intellectual Disability

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Representation

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United States Supreme Court

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May 25, 2022

Legal Analysts Blast Supreme Court Ruling Denying Prisoners Who Were Incompetently Represented in State Courts Access to Federal Courts to Prove Innocence, Constitutional Violations

In an opinion legal experts have blasted as “nightmarish” and “an abomination,” the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in two Arizona death penalty cases that 1990s amendments to the federal habeas corpus law permit state prisoners who were provided ine…

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United States Supreme Court

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Methods of Execution

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Jan 20, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Two More Cases on Death-Row Prisoners’ Access to Federal Courts

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review two cases concerning the scope of death-row prisoners’ access to the federal courts in litigating the constitutionality of their convictions and sentences or the method by which states s…

Entries tagged with “Habeas procedure”

Policy Issues

Federal Court Overturns Death Sentence of Alabama Death-Row Prisoner Whose Abandonment by Counsel Led to Supreme Court Ruling

Policy Issues

Legal Analysts Blast Supreme Court Ruling Denying Prisoners Who Were Incompetently Represented in State Courts Access to Federal Courts to Prove Innocence, Constitutional Violations

Facts & Research

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Two More Cases on Death-Row Prisoners’ Access to Federal Courts