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SCOTUS Reinstates Death Sentence Reversed by Eleventh Circuit
by Matt Clarke
The Supreme Court of the United States reinstated the death sentence of an Alabama man who had been convicted of murder. The Eleventh Circuit had reversed, in part, the conviction based on the incorrect claim that Alabama had established a categorical rule requiring post-conviction habeas corpus applicants ...
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