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4 Nov 2007, 8:33 pm
Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), that the execution of juvenile offenders violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 2:47 am
DeGennaro, No. 06-4195 Order holding that retrial of defendants would not violate the Double Jeopardy Clause and denying motions to bar retrial and dismiss the indictment is reversed where: 1) the decision of the trial court that there was "manifest necessity" to declare a mistrial was an abuse of discretion; and 2) a statement by counsel in support of a motion for mistrial, quickly reconsidered, does not preclude the defendant from claiming that the Double Jeopardy Clause… [read post]
1 Sep 2007, 8:09 am
Because McCray has not satisfied the gateway requirements for excusing a time-barred claim, see Schlup v. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 7:15 am
  Similarly, applicants with a repeated pattern of convictions may suggest to the bar authorities an inability to comply with the law. [read post]
22 Feb 2007, 9:47 pm
AEDPA says that the limitations period is tolled while "an application for State postconviction review" is "pending. [read post]