Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2023
Fast forward to 1996: In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Congress passed AEDPA. The statute replaced the habeas remedy with the motion to vacate, unless the “remedy by motion is inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of [the prisoner’s] detention.” AEDPA left the saving clause intact.
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