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Administering Justice: Removing Statutory Barriers To Reentry, Joy Radice Jan 2012

Administering Justice: Removing Statutory Barriers To Reentry, Joy Radice

University of Colorado Law Review

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The Hidden Costs Of Habeas Delay, Marc D. Falkoff Jan 2012

The Hidden Costs Of Habeas Delay, Marc D. Falkoff

University of Colorado Law Review

Because habeas petitioners seek a court order for liberty rather than compensation, judges have a duty to decide habeas petitions promptly. But increasingly, the federal courts have fallen behind on their heavy habeas dockets, and many petitions-some of which are meritorious-remain undecided for years. First, this Article makes the normative and historical argument that speed must be, and always has been, central to the function of habeas. Second, it analyzes newly compiled Administrative Office of the United States Courts data on more than 200,000 habeas petitions and demonstrates empirically for the first time that there is a widespread and growing …