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Capital Habeas

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Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee, James A. Chance
October 2, 2025

Criminal Law and Procedure. Experts discuss Supreme Court clarifications of the redressability standard when analyzing standing in Gutierrez v. Saenz, and how clearly established law is determined in the context of the admission of prejudicial evidence in Andrew v. White.

Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee, James A. Chance
October 2, 2025

Criminal Law and Procedure. Experts discuss how the Supreme Court's decision in Glossip v. Oklahoma defined the duty to correct false testimony, and how the Court's decision in Barnes v. Felix requires excessive force analysis to consider the totality of the circumstances.

Margaret S. Williams, Barbara Meierhoefer
February 6, 2020

In late 2017, the Committee on Defender Services (Committee) asked the Federal Judicial Center to generate a white paper on the potential effects on the federal courts and the defender services program of a determination that states have “opted in” to special expedited procedures created by the A

Kristine Fox
January 1, 2012

This pocket guide provides a basic overview of the issues judges can expect to face when assigned a capital habeas case. It begins with appointment of counsel, budgeting concerns, and stays of execution.

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