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…
Habeas Corpus
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Criminal Justice Reform
Policing Mass Incarceration
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…
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Habeas Corpus
A Textual Argument for Challenging Conditions of Confinement Under Habeas
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…
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Retroactivity
Edwards v. Vannoy
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Harvard Law Review Forum
Coronavirus, Civil Liberties, and the Courts: The Case Against “Suspending” Judicial Review
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Federal Courts
Sims v. Hyatte
Seventh Circuit Grants Habeas Relief Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to Petitioner Alleging Brady Violation Due to Hidden Evidence of Witness Hypnosis.
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Habeas Corpus
Al-Alwi v. Trump
D.C. Circuit Holds the Government’s Authority Has Not Unraveled.
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Habeas Corpus
Wilson v. Sellers
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Effective Assistance of Counsel
Buck v. Davis
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Federal Courts
In re Al-Nashiri
D.C. Circuit Abstains from Adjudicating Habeas Petition of Guantanamo Detainee Tried by Military Commission.