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Cert. denial for Abu-Jamal

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Deep in today's orders list is a denial of certiorari in Abu-Jamal v. Pennsylvania, No. 08-5456. An AP story reports, "The justices did not comment on their action Monday, which leaves in place a federal appeals court ruling that upholds Abu-Jamal's murder conviction, but orders a new sentencing hearing." Huh? Federal habeas cases don't usually name the state itself as respondent -- the Eleventh Amendment and all that. Sure enough, the docket for 08-5456 lists the lower court as the Pennsy read more

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).