Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2023
Hendrix turns on the interpretation of the federal habeas statute, as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. 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.”
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