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Supreme Court to Review Alabama Case of Maples v. Thomas

By Steve Hall

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The cert petition in  Maples v. Thomas (10-63) is in Adobe .pdf format.  The Constitution Project's amicus brief in support of the case is also in Adobe ,pdf format. "Court to Hear Case Stalled by Mistake in Mailroom," is the title of Adam Liptak's New York Times report. The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from a death row inmate who faces execution after a mailroom mix-up at one of the nation?s most prominent law firms. Lawyers at the firm, Sullivan & Cromwell, had agreed to represent Cory R. Maples, a death row inmate in Alabama, without charge. When an Alabama court sent two copies of a ruling in Mr. Maples?s case to the firm in New York, its mailroom sent them back unopened and stamped ?Return to Sender...continue to full post

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