Habeas Corpus
Shinn v. Ramirez
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court held in Martinez v. Ryan that ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel, in an initial-review proceeding, may establish cause for a habeas…
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court held in Martinez v. Ryan that ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel, in an initial-review proceeding, may establish cause for a habeas…
In Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky issues an indictment of the Supreme Court, charging that institution with facilitating undue…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread through prisons, jails, and other detention facilities in the United States, it has brought new attention to a decades-old issue of whether challenges to…
Seventh Circuit Grants Habeas Relief Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to Petitioner Alleging Brady Violation Due to Hidden Evidence of Witness Hypnosis.
D.C. Circuit Holds the Government’s Authority Has Not Unraveled.
D.C. Circuit Abstains from Adjudicating Habeas Petition of Guantanamo Detainee Tried by Military Commission.