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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Last Friday, this post at Capital Defense Weekly said, "Monday’s order list will give a better understanding of which challenges may or may not meet the plurality’s standard." Yes, I think so. Over at SCOTUSblog, Lyle Denniston writes, "The Supreme Court, without a specific explanation of why it was doing so, chose a single path on Monday in dealing with" a slew of capital cases. The number of capital cases the Court turned down is reported as 11 by Lyle and by an AP story. However, I count 14, including a rehearing denial. The cases are listed at the end of this post. Lyle seems surprised that the Court gave no explanation for its actions. I do not find this remarkable. The Court usually does not give a reason for denial of certiorari...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).