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Litigating Federal Habeas Corpus Cases: One Equitable Gateway At A Time, Eve Brensike Primus
Litigating Federal Habeas Corpus Cases: One Equitable Gateway At A Time, Eve Brensike Primus
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Habeas corpus, also known as the Great Writ, was meant to be a “bulwark against convictions that violate fundamental fairness,” according to the Supreme Court. Yet today, federal courts provide relief in fewer than half of one percent of cases in which a non-capital state prisoner seeks relief through habeas. The Great Writ, it would seem, is no longer so great. In Litigating Federal Habeas Corpus Cases: One Equitable Gateway at a Time, Eve Brensike Primus examines the various procedural and substantive hurdles that have been erected in the past half century that make it nearly impossible for state prisoners …
Appeals Court Denies Sperm Donor Paternity Test, Arthur S. Leonard
Appeals Court Denies Sperm Donor Paternity Test, Arthur S. Leonard
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