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3 Jun 2022, 4:30 am by Eric Segall
But the angriest and most upset I ever heard him was about an old concurring opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia in Herrera v. [read post]
30 May 2022, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Shinn is not the first time that conservative Justices have elevated finality over justice even if doing so risks executing the innocent.In 1993, Herrera v Collins, with then Chief Justice Rehnquist writing for another six-Justice majority, held that a death row inmate was not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief when his petition was based on a claim that new evidence proved his innocence but did not allege any other federal constitutional violation.Rehnquist… [read post]
15 Feb 2016, 7:28 am by Jay Wolman
 Today, in the wake of Justice Scalia’s death, he decided to post a dyslogy highlighting the concurrence in Herrera v. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 3:38 pm by John Floyd
  This tragic reality was given absolute credence in 1993 by the Supreme Court in Herrera v. [read post]
28 Feb 2015, 4:49 pm by Jeff Gamso
 As she has before.It was Harry Blackmun who said, in dissent from the denial of cert in Herrera v Collins,The execution of a person who can show that he is innocent comes perilously close to simple murder.Of course, Judge Keller would deny Linda Carty the opportunity to make that showing. [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 2:34 pm by Kent Scheidegger
  The Supreme Court seemed poised to decide the "actual innocence" question in Herrera v. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 3:20 pm by Patrick
United States, which had something to do with imprisoning people and stripping their citizenship for expressing unpopular political opinions; Herrera v. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 3:23 am by SHG
Second Circuit Court of Appeals would interpret a Supreme Court decision on the issue, Herrera v. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 10:08 am by Michael Rothfeld
Second Circuit Court of Appeals would interpret a Supreme Court decision on the issue, Herrera v. [read post]