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Still working on the next edition, but as for now, all new noted decisions are in favor of the executioner. Those cases noted, so far, after the jump: Frederick Treesh v. Bagley, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 14260; 2010 FED App. 0200P (6th Cir. 7/13/2010) “Habeas relief was properly denied as to death-row inmate's claims of ineffective assistance based on trial counsel’s failure to challenge two jurors for cause because, while inmate claimed juror bias, he did not establish either actual or implied bias and thus did not establish prejudice from seating of either juror in violation of Sixth Amendment.” [via Lexisone] In re William Garner, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 14271; 2010 FED App. 0197P (6th Cir. 7/12/2010) “Although arguments may have supported an extension of the law to prohibit a death sentence for an offender who was developmentally juvenile, there was no new rule of constitutional law that supported petitioner’s successive habeas application, he could not obtain federal habeas relief on that theory, and a stay of his execution was not warranted...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).