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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2023
Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that a federal prisoner cannot raise a claim of legal innocence if he has already challenged his conviction – even if that claim was unavailable at the time he filed his challenge. Fast forward to 1996: In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Congress passed AEDPA.
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