SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. Under Section 2255(h), a prisoner can bring a second or successive petition based only on facts that clearly demonstrate actual innocence or a new rule of constitutional law that the Supreme Court has made retroactive.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Jones involves a federal prisoner who is legally innocent – the conduct a jury found he committed isn’t a crime. 922(g) prohibits people with felony convictions from possessing a firearm. But should that fact relieve him from his 27-year prison sentence? In the Supreme Court’s habeas corpus jurisprudence, the answer is never simple.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

However, the most damaging moment came outside of the presence of the jury when the judge drilled down on the law. He told the prosecutors “I have been wrestling with this statute with, I’d hate to count the hours I’ve put into it, I’m still trying to figure out what it says, what’s prohibited. I have a legal education.”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

.” The problem, however, is that this is just like the transport of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022, which a number of Democratic leaders and legal experts insisted was also a clear case of kidnapping and human trafficking. Newsom previously asked the U.S. To great acclaim, Rachael Rollins, then the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 24, 2024

With the Trump trial, Manhattan has become a type of legal wilderness where prosecutors use the legal system to hunt down political rivals and thrill their own supporters. Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 17, 2022

There is also no compelling legal basis for the claim. ” ) In other words, the natural and probable consequences doctrine may apply to felony murder, but it is not properly applied to attempted murder. ” I guess there is no doubt. Those are plenty to start with.”. ” [Citation.]’ ’ [Citations.]”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Moreover, they testified that the statute of limitations on the most serious charges related to these foreign payments were knowingly allowed to expire by the Justice Department, even though it would have been possible to extend the statute of limitations. First, there are the tax violations.

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