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DoJ Issues Fast-Track Regulations

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Marcia Coyle reports, "DOJ issues final, controversial regulations on fast-track review of death penalty cases," in a web-only National Law Review post.  This proposal for expedited federal review of state death sentences is also called "opt-in."The U.S. Department of Justice has issued final, controversial regulations for certifying states that qualify for using fast-track federal court review of their death penalty cases. The final regulations differ little in substance from the regulations proposed in June 2007, which generated 32,000 individual public comments, according to the department. "The proposed regulations of June 2007 were basically sound and only minor tweaks were needed," said Kent Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Sacramento, Calif...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 12, 2008 (boomark / email).