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Supreme Court Seeks Briefing on Possible Rehearing of Kennedy v. Louisiana

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At SCOTUS Blog, Lyle Denniston posted, "Court to explore rehearing in death case," Monday evening.  Here's a brief excerpt from his must-read post:The Supreme Court on Monday called for new legal briefs on possible rehearing ? and, maybe, revision ? of its ruling striking down the death penalty for the crime of child rape.  In an order in Kennedy v. Louisiana (found here), the Court sought briefs from lawyers for both sides in the case, as well as from the federal government.  The new briefing in 07-343 is to be completed by Sept. 24 ? in advance of the Court?s first Conference of the new Term, on Monday, Sept. 29. The briefs are to discuss two issues, according to the order: first, whether to grant rehearing of the June 25 decision, and second, what action ? if any ? the Court should take if it does reopen the case...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 10, 2008 (boomark / email).