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The Supreme Court would typically have to grant cert. on direct review; by the time the case goes to postconviction collateral review, the train will have left the station.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Where Is the Fourth Amendment Docket?” 2010

A Duke University psychiatrist who testified at a 2005 postconviction hearing said she has an IQ of 72, placing her on the cusp of mental retardation as the Supreme Court defines it.

Unfit for Execution 2010

The Supreme Court would typically have to grant cert. on direct review; by the time the case goes to postconviction collateral review, the train will have left the station.anonymousQuote

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Where Is the Fourth Amendment Docket?” 2010

"We affirm the judgment of the district court denying Poindexter's motion for postconviction relief," meaning that to be Black in America grants you none.

The "Omaha Two:" Victimized by COINTELPRO Justice 2009

As of today, the Innocence Project, a national organization dedicated to exonerating the wrongfully convicted through DNA testing, claims there have been 241 postconviction DNA exonerations, of which 17 were former death-row inmates spared execution.

Innocent Until Executed 2009

"We affirm the judgment of the district court denying Poindexter's motion for postconviction relief," meaning that to be Black in America grants you none.

Printing: The "Omaha Two:" Victimized by COINTELPRO Justice 2009

And Congress is weighing a bill that would offer death-row inmates postconviction DNA testing and ensure that they have competent lawyers -- an overhaul designed to prevent mistakes but preserve the ultimate punishment.

Mental Powers: The Latest Death-Penalty War 2008

Rather, they have developed state law to govern retroactivity in state postconviction proceedings....

The Supreme Court has decided an important case about the meaning of constitutional rights and federalism. Ann Althouse 2008

Furthermore, says Ms. Mahoney, lawyers who join a case postconviction often view it with a fresh set of eyes, much the way the appellate judges do.

Skilling Decides to Keep 2008

And at the postconviction level in some states, inmates don't have access to lawyers at all.

The Death Penalty On Trial 2008